Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dr. Meir Margalit is a researcher of the history of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine and a founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.Meir Margalit was born in Argentina and moved to Israel with a right-wing Zionist youth group in 1972. During his military service he founded a Jewish settlement in Gaza and he fought and was injured in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. During his recovery he changed his views, and gradually went for radical left. He was a member of the Jerusalem City Council, representing Meretz Party between 1998 and 2002. Elected again for Meretz in 2008, he is currently a member of the city council, officially in charge of East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) affairs. He is known for his staunch criticism of Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat's views towards the Palestinian residents of the city, which he views as being discriminatory.. }
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- Meir_Margalit abstract "Dr. Meir Margalit is a researcher of the history of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine and a founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.Meir Margalit was born in Argentina and moved to Israel with a right-wing Zionist youth group in 1972. During his military service he founded a Jewish settlement in Gaza and he fought and was injured in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. During his recovery he changed his views, and gradually went for radical left. He was a member of the Jerusalem City Council, representing Meretz Party between 1998 and 2002. Elected again for Meretz in 2008, he is currently a member of the city council, officially in charge of East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) affairs. He is known for his staunch criticism of Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat's views towards the Palestinian residents of the city, which he views as being discriminatory.".