Raphael jQuery problem

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35635409/why-doesnt-any-jquery-apply-to-this-svg-element

HTML

<a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="?tid=136" xlink:title="skane" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><path fill="#dddddd" stroke="#aaaaaa"...

CSS

a{
  height:100px;
  width: 100px;
  display: block;
  background-color: blue;
  /*clear:both;*/
  float:left;
  position:relative;

}
a:first-child{
  background-color:red;
}
p{
  clear:both;
  padding-top:12px;
}

JavaScript

var parameters = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {

	var attribs = parameters[i].attributes;
  
  for (var j = 0; j < attribs.length; j++) {
  
    if (attribs[j].localName == "xlink:title" && attribs[j].value == "skane") {
      	$(parameters[i]).hide();
    }
    
  }

}