Uri Ariel, the mayor of Beit El, is scheduled to become a Knesset Member, in place of the assassinated Rehavam Ze\'evi.
Ariel appears seventh on the joint list of Knesset candidates submitted for the 1999 election by the National Union party, which comprised the Moledet, Tekumah, and Herut factions. The party received four seats - Benny Begin, Ze\'evi, Chanan Porat, and Michael Kleiner. Begin and Porat soon resigned, making way for Benny Elon and Tzvi Hendel. Uri Ariel, 7th on the list, is next to enter the Knesset.
Ariel\'s four-year-term as the first mayor of Beit El comes to an end a few weeks from now, as the town will hold its first municipal elections since becoming a local council in early November. Ariel, a member of Tekumah, is a long-time member of the Gush Emumin organization for settlement in Judea and Samaria.
Ariel appears seventh on the joint list of Knesset candidates submitted for the 1999 election by the National Union party, which comprised the Moledet, Tekumah, and Herut factions. The party received four seats - Benny Begin, Ze\'evi, Chanan Porat, and Michael Kleiner. Begin and Porat soon resigned, making way for Benny Elon and Tzvi Hendel. Uri Ariel, 7th on the list, is next to enter the Knesset.
Ariel\'s four-year-term as the first mayor of Beit El comes to an end a few weeks from now, as the town will hold its first municipal elections since becoming a local council in early November. Ariel, a member of Tekumah, is a long-time member of the Gush Emumin organization for settlement in Judea and Samaria.