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Police accompany bulldozers demolishing storefronts in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Courtesy Ir Amim)
November 24, 2018, 11:38 pm
EU condemns Israeli demolitions in East Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp
Europe also criticizes decision to build in capital neighborhoods beyond the Green Line, saying such construction undermines two-state solution
By TOI staff
Police accompany bulldozers demolishing storefronts in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Courtesy Ir Amim)
November 21, 2018, 4:20 pm
Jerusalem municipality demolishes 21 businesses in Shuafat refugee camp
Activist groups says owners given just 12 hours’ notice; police say businesses leveled at request of residents due to traffic congestion
By TOI staff
Moshe Lion (R) seen with Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, during the wedding of Lion's daughter in Neve Ilan, June 19, 2016. (Yaakov Cohen/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 10:45 pm
Incumbent Nir Barkat endorses Moshe Lion for Jerusalem mayor
In blow to rival Ofer Berkovitch, candidate receives backing from local branches of Likud, Jewish Home and several ministers from ruling party
By Marissa Newman
Supporters celebrate as Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion arrives at his campaign headquarters , on October 30, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 1:00 pm
In Lion-Berkovitch runoff, rogue Hasidic voters could hold key to the capital
Backed by most ultra-Orthodox, Moshe Lion remains front-runner for Jerusalem mayor on November 13 unless some rabbis decide to seek to spite their rivals in a long-shot maneuver
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (right) hold a press conference at the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem, February 23, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 29, 2018, 9:31 pm
Barkat was promised Jerusalem Ministry if Elkin elected mayor – Likud sources
Outgoing mayor denies deal that could see him move directly from his Safra Square municipal headquarters to a government office
By Raoul Wootliff
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, center right, arrives for a tour in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Beit Hanina and Shuafat. October 22, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 24, 2018, 10:44 am
Jerusalem mayor makes rare visit to East Jerusalem refugee camp
Nir Barkat walks the streets of Shuafat, meets city sanitation workers who enter Palestinian neighborhood for the first time, as part of plan to replace UNRWA in capital
By TOI staff
A Jerusalem municipality vehicle operates in the Shuafat refugee camp on October 23, 2018. (Jerusalem municipality)
October 24, 2018, 12:35 am
Jerusalem provides first ever municipal waste removal services to Shuafat camp
City sanitation workers enter Palestinian refugee camp as part of outgoing Mayor Barkat’s plan to replace UNRWA and oust it from capital
By TOI staff
The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, as seen in a screenshot from a video by the NGO Emek Shaveh, which opposes the scheme.
October 12, 2018, 4:19 pm
Israel Prize winners call on government to cancel Jerusalem Old City cable car
70 public figures from academia and the arts sign petition, say holy city is ‘not Disneyland and its treasures of landscape and its heritage are not negotiable currency’
By Sue Surkes
Ze'ev Elkin in his office on May 2, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 10, 2018, 6:43 am
Likud mayoral hopeful Ze’ev Elkin says he will work to keep Jerusalem Jewish
Seasoned cabinet minister says his close connection to the PM will allow him to better tackle the challenges facing Israel’s capital
By Raoul Wootliff
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 8, 2018, 1:14 am
Jerusalem mayor says plan to boot UNRWA out of capital will boost equality
Nir Barkat inspired by US move to cut funding, says UN refugee agency perpetuates inequality; ‘There’s no such thing as residents in Jerusalem that are defined as refugees’
By Josef Federman
Illustrative image of Palestinian schoolgirls in their small playground in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, on March 30, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 6, 2018, 4:50 pm
UN Palestinian refugee agency vows to maintain East Jerusalem services
UNRWA’s pledge to maintain healthcare and other services comes days after outgoing mayor laid out plan to oust organization from city
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative image of Palestinian schoolgirls in their small playground in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, on March 30, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 4, 2018, 10:07 pm
Outgoing Jerusalem mayor lays out plan to oust UNRWA from city
Nir Barkat wants to replace UN agency services to 20,000 residents of capital’s Shuafat refugee camp with municipal provisions
By TOI staff
Ofer Berkovitch, Jerusalem Mayoral candidate and head of the Hitorerut (Awakening) movement, is seen at the opening of the Hitorerut election campaign in Jerusalem on September 2, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2018, 6:41 am
Mayoral hopeful Berkovitch says he’ll rid Jerusalem of ‘Haredi extortion’
Youngest candidate in the race and founder of the Hitorerut social movement vows to clean up city, advance coexistence initiatives
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
Artist's impression of a cable car crossing Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley to Mount Zion from a promotional video uploaded to YouTube
September 6, 2018, 5:00 pm
Jerusalem Old City cable car plan savaged by architects, academics, tour guides
Renowned architect Moshe Safdie predicts ‘international opposition,’ says no other historic city in the world has resorted to this mode of transportation
By Sue Surkes
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat speaks at a conference organized by the Hadashot TV news channel, September 3, 2018. (Hadashot news)
September 3, 2018, 4:18 pm
Jerusalem mayor vows to oust UNRWA from city
Nir Barkat accuses recently US-defunded UN agency of failing 30,000 residents of capital’s Shuafat refugee camp, inciting terrorism
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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