Eli Lankari has been elected as the new mayor of Eilat, after the election to replace the mayor yitzhak halevicEliot Municipality, who has been inaugurated as a member of the Knesset in the New Hope Party.
He barely won over his biggest rival, Gabi Kadosh, who served as mayor from 1993 to 2003 and was endorsed by opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, to whom he was also a former adviser, Ynet reported. .
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Justice Minister and New Hope Party leader Gideon Saar congratulated Lankari on his victory.
“The residents of Ilat made the right choice for the city and decided to move forward instead of going backwards,” Sawyer said, according to Ynet.