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Topic: Nir Barkat

May 20, 2013
2:06 pm

Slogan calling the Women of the Wall 'villains' that was scrawled on the wall outside the apartment of one of its members, 20th May 2013. (photo credit: Facebook/Peggy Cidor)

Vandals target home of Women of the Wall activist

Peggy Cidor: It takes more than this to scare me; Jerusalem mayor condemns attack; threats, insults daubed in stairwell walls and on apartment door

By Stuart Winer

May 19, 2013
5:43 pm

Not one Jerusalem, not undivided, not open to all

While Nir Barkat works wonders for the capital’s business environment, 36% of its population slip ever further into despair

By Betty Herschman

May 8, 2013
6:54 am

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visits Arab students in a newly opened elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem, December 13, 2011 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/FLASH90)

One Jerusalem. Undivided. Open to all. Controlled by Israel

Mayor Nir Barkat says he’s repositioning the city to retake the role it fulfilled ‘amazingly well’ for a thousand years — where all peoples were equally accepted, but Jewish sovereignty was unquestioned

By David Horovitz

May 7, 2013
2:34 pm

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat during an interview in his office. (Photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/FLASH90)

Barkat: Let the Palestinians rename Ramallah as ‘Jerusalem’

Jerusalem’s mayor rules out any notion of Palestinian rule in the capital, slams Olmert’s peace offer as a ‘terrible mistake,’ and says it’s ‘ridiculous’ that Jews can’t pray on the Temple Mount

By David Horovitz

May 6, 2013
10:10 am

Eli Yishai (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Former Shas head considering run for Jerusalem mayor

Eli Yishai, ousted last week as head of Shas in favor of Aryeh Deri, said to be mulling new political course

By Gavriel Fiske

April 29, 2013
9:57 pm

A mock-up of the project shows cable cars running over the Hinnom Valley to the Old City (photo credit: Channel 10)

Take a cable car to the Western Wall

Jerusalem mayor announces two-line route, to be introduced in 2015, from east and west of city

By Times of Israel staff

April 25, 2013
11:01 pm

Yeshayahu Leibowitz (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

After battle, capital to name street for iconoclast Leibowitz

City pushes through measure to honor controversial professor, defying religious politicians unhappy with statements about Shas spiritual leader

By Adiv Sterman and Ron Friedman

April 6, 2013
6:28 am

Jerusalem mayor shelves plan to name street after Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Resistance to move by religious and right-wing city council members leads Nir Barkat to postpone vote

By Ron Friedman

March 19, 2013
11:14 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

With large gaps, an interim deal might be realistic

Could Obama’s visit produce an agreement leaving both Jerusalem and Ramallah only partially satisfied?

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman

March 19, 2013
6:36 pm

Formula One Scuderia Ferrari team driver Giancarlo Fisichella and Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat toast as they participate in an event on Monday ahead of the 'Formula Jerusalem - The Road to Peace' showcase planned for June 13 and 14. (Photo credit: Flash90)

Formula 1 coming to Jerusalem

Showcase event planned for June; race scheduled for next year as city prepares urban track

By Times of Israel staff

February 28, 2013
11:32 pm

Mayor Nir Birkat, gearing up with his new, Jerusalem Marathon 2013 shirt (Courtesy Flash 90)

Jerusalem marathon spurs political saber-rattling

Friday’s race’s route through East Jerusalem sparks Palestinian call for iboycott

By Aron Heller

February 28, 2013
2:58 pm

"I'd like to see more ultra Orthodox runners, and more Arab runners," said Rachel Neiman, who regularly runs in Jerusalem. Here, crossing last year's finish line (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Off to the race

Gear up for a series of marathon events, from the expo at Jerusalem’s main convention hall to a spot for prime runner viewing

By Jessica Steinberg

February 26, 2013
9:20 pm

Runners sloshing by the Old City in the 2012 Jerusalem Marathon. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/ Flash90)

Palestinians: Boycott Jerusalem marathon

PLO says route through eastern part of city is an attempt to assert Israeli sovereignty; municipality calls it a ‘symbol of co-existence’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 15, 2013
12:30 am

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat speaking at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Inbal Hotel, Jerusalem, Thursday (photo credit: Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor: No split city has ever worked

Nir Barkat tells the Conference of Presidents that construction in the capital’s eastern areas is in everyone’s interests

By Philip Podolsky

February 13, 2013
2:36 am

A hooded Beitar Jerusalem fan seen outside the Teddy stadium in Jerusalem ahead of a match on Sunday, February 10 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Police arrest 7 for Beitar clubhouse torching

Suspects belong to a group of hardcore fans of the Jerusalem soccer club known as La Familia