Israel allocates millions of dollars for building synagogues in O. Jerusalem

The Israeli municipality of occupied Jerusalem has earmarked millions of dollars to build more synagogues and other Jewish institutions in a bid to Judaize the occupied holy city.The Israeli army radio said on Saturday that the municipality’s budget for Jewish religious buildings had doubled since current mayor Nir Barkat took office back in 2009.It recalled that the municipality’s budget allocated for synagogues was 2.7 million dollars in 2009 and reached 4.5 million dollars in 2011 and is expected this year to reach 5 million dollars.The radio pointed out that the deputy mayor was the one who demanded the increase and quoted him as saying that he was pleased with Barkat’s approval of the increase and hoped that he would earmark more funds for this purpose./129