Mayor of Ashkelon: We will stop employing Arabs in city parks

Ashkelon will stop employing Arabs in city parks, the city's mayor announced on Facebook on Wednesday.

The Mayor, Itamar Shimoni, also said that in areas where construction on bomb shelters is being undertaken by Arab workers, the work is to be stopped indefinitely.

He said he had also ordered the placing of armed security guards for preschools and kindegartens that are next to construction sites with Arab employees.