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Participants in Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade hold up a picture of 15-year-old Shira Banki on August 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2026, 6:04 am
Jerusalem municipality to name area in the city after teen murdered at 2015 pride march
Motion to name street or square in city center after Shira Banki passes despite opposition from advisory committee, dissent from some ultra-Orthodox council members
By Shira Silkoff
Excavators demolish a building constructed without a permit in the Wadi Qaddum area near the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem on December 22, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 22, 2025, 7:00 pm
Authorities tear down East Jerusalem apartment complex after years-long legal battle
Two Palestinians arrested after brawl between locals and municipal workers; residents’ lawyer says talks were underway to retroactively legalize building, municipality rejects claim
By Charlie Summers
Sigalit Yona, an associate of Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem, in a report by 'Hamevaker,' on September 17, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)
November 12, 2025, 12:34 pm
Minister’s associate resigns from municipal job amid suspicions of doing no work
Sigalit Yona, linked to Likud’s David Amsalem, steps down from Jerusalem city hall position despite defending herself last week against allegations she doesn’t show up to the office
By ToI Staff
Sigalit Yona (L) with Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem, from a report by Hamevaker, on September 17, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)
November 10, 2025, 11:34 am
Jerusalem mayor suspected of paying minister’s ‘girlfriend’ a wage for doing nothing
September TV report found associate of Likud’s Amsalem, Sigalit Yona, earned salary from city despite not working; city officials suspected of ensuring she wasn’t fired
By Michael Horovitz
King George Street in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
September 25, 2025, 10:27 am
Centuries of prayer to rebuild Jerusalem answered all at once as construction clogs city
With infrastructure projects on King George Street, Emek Refaim Street, and other major arteries, moving around in the capital has become impossible for many
By Zev Stub
Police fire skunk liquid at protesters during demonstrations against the decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 25, 2025, 2:36 pm
Jerusalem municipality threatens legal action against police over use of Skunk liquid
In letter to police brass, city claims it has spent millions of shekels cleaning up after noxious crowd control weapon, calling it a ‘hazard and nuisance’
By Charlie Summers
Ultra Orthodox girls at their seminary in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 4:47 pm
Prominent Haredi school to operate separate program for Sephardi girls – report
Development follows years of discrimination against students of Middle Eastern origin in ultra-Orthodox educational frameworks and vain attempts to crack down on it
By Rossella Tercatin
Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 3:45 pm
Israel shutters UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, in line with ban on aid agency
Police close six schools serving 550 students in Shuafat camp and other neighborhoods; Palestinian Authority condemns ‘violation of children’s right to education’
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Israeli jeep drivers make their way down a rocky dirt road in the Negev desert, southern Israel, on April 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 5:33 pm
Jerusalem municipality uses taxpayer money to fund jeep tours for Haredi families
Hundreds of thousands of shekels earmarked for religious education spent on off-road wilderness tours for ultra-Orthodox Jerusalemites, sparking allegations of corruption in city government
By ToI Staff
An artist's rendition of the new First Station District plan for Jerusalem (Eden - Jerusalem Economic Development Company)
April 2, 2025, 9:49 am
Jerusalem municipality begins work on massive First Station expansion
New residential and business hub will include train stations and a controversial cable car to the Old City and the Western Wall
By Zev Stub
Before and after images of Jerusalem's Rasco neighborhood under a proposed construction project (Rasco protest organization)
March 20, 2025, 7:43 pm
Jerusalem court sides with residents over city planners in precedent-setting case
District court blocks proposed construction project for the Rasco neighborhood, saying it failed to comply with an existing master plan
By Zev Stub
OU Israel Executive Director Avi Berman speaks at the organization's new office in Har Hotzvim, February 2, 2025 (Shmuel Ungar)
February 6, 2025, 4:38 pm
As religious immigration rises, OU expands presence in Israel, investing in integration
After 47 years in Israel, one of North America’s largest Orthodox institutions switches strategy to operate in neighborhood hubs, reflecting changing community trends
By Zev Stub
The Epstein project planned for west Jerusalem, dubbed the Burj Jerusalem. (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture)
April 9, 2024, 11:01 am
Planned ‘Jerusalem Burj’ skyscraper draws opposition over proximity to landmarks
200 objections lodged against plans for 200-meter tower, designed by Burj Khalifa architect’s firm, to overlook Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl military cemetery; would be capital’s tallest building
By Sue Surkes
Artists prepare installations for Jerusalem's 'Adloyada' Purim parade, March 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 21, 2024, 4:08 pm
Jerusalem mayor meets hostages’ families, agrees on changes to Purim parade
Critics said it was inappropriate to hold celebrations while people remain captive in Gaza and country is at war; Tel Aviv and Holon blowouts nixed
By Jessica Steinberg
Street performers during Purim in downtown Jerusalem on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
Jerusalem plans first Purim parade in 42 years, despite war
City’s arts and culture department taps local artists, evacuees, and residents for celebrations even as holiday is ‘draped in sadness’ amid ongoing fighting in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
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