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Article: Milo reassures Tel Aviv: No haredi takeover while I'm here
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- Jerusalem Post
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- December 3, 1996
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MICHAL YUDELMAN
Jerusalem Post
12-03-1996
TEL Aviv Mayor Ronni Milo yesterday came out strongly against the haredi threat of religious coercion in Tel Aviv, announcing that "as long as I'm the mayor here, Tel Aviv will remain a free city and there is no way, under any circumstances, that we will allow the haredim to take over here."
Milo was referring to the mass rally planned by Agudat Yisrael in the city tomorrow to protest against the Supreme Court and the desecration of Shabbat in Tel Aviv, "where the situation is appalling, and Jews work at cleaning jobs on Shabbat," according to Agudat Yisrael acting chairman Menahem Porush.
"If the haredim want to change the status quo in Tel Aviv, we ...