December 4, 2013
7:53 am

The car in which Avigail Ben Zion, 2, was injured by a stone near her home in Armon Hanatziv, Jerusalem, November 28, 2013. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Two more arrested in rock attack that injured toddler

Total number of suspects in police custody now seven, as security officials point to rise in stoning incidents in capital

By Lazar Berman and Joshua Davidovich

December 3, 2013
7:35 pm

Jerusalem police arrest 5 in attack on toddler

New suspects in Thursday’s rock throwing said to be motivated by ‘hatred for Jews’; 65% rise in attacks in capital last month

By Lazar Berman

November 29, 2013
6:53 am

Four arrested in Jerusalem stoning attack that injured toddler

Court extends remand of residents of Arab neighborhood of Sur Baher suspected of injuring 2-year-old Avigail Ben Zion

By Adiv Sterman

November 21, 2013
11:49 pm

New member Moshe Lion attends the first meeting of the Jerusalem city council on November 21, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Moshe Lion sworn in as Jerusalem city council member

Accountant from Givatayim, who lost mayoral race to incumbent Barkat, defies skeptics who expected him to be a no-show

By Raphael Ahren

November 15, 2013
2:57 am

Moshe Lion concedes defeat in the Jerusalem mayoral race Tuesday night (photo credit: Flash90)

Moshe Lion unlikely to take his seat on Jerusalem city council

Accountant from Givatayim, who lost mayoral race to incumbent Barkat, refuses comment

By Raphael Ahren

November 13, 2013
5:12 pm

Writers Gideon Raff, left, Howard Gordon, center, and Alex Gansa accept Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award for 'Homeland' onstage at the Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo credit: AP/Vince Bucci/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/)

‘Homeland’ writer sells NBC show to be filmed in Jerusalem

‘Dig,’ co-written by Gideon Raff and ‘Heroes’ scribe Tim Kring, is first produced-in-Israel show to be sold as a series for US television

By Times of Israel staff

November 12, 2013
10:16 pm

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat (center), Head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky (right) and US Jewish Federations' board chairman Michael Siegal (left) march at the Federations' General Assembly (GA) final ceremony, November 12, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sidnel/Flash90)

GA ends with prayer at Western Wall’s egalitarian platform

Bennett: Israel-Diaspora relationship a ‘two-way street’; at City Hall ceremony, mayor lauds Jerusalem’s diverse population

By JTA

October 24, 2013
10:05 pm

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman (left) and Shas political leader Aryeh Deri at a celebration in honor of Deri's birthday, in the Knesset, February 18, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

The calm before the political storm

Why the political fallout of Jerusalem’s mayoral elections may signal tumultuous times ahead for Netanyahu’s government

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 24, 2013
3:14 pm

Nir Barkat is swamped by supporters as he arrives to claim victory in the Jerusalem mayoral race, early on October 23, 2013 (photo credit: Walla screenshot)

Taking Jerusalem for a ride

Papers Thursday are filled with enough toxic dirt, and just on the capital’s mayoral race, that readers may want to invest in a hazmat suit

By Joshua Davidovich

October 23, 2013
11:49 pm

Aryeh Deri with Avigdor Liberman during a plenum session in the Knesset, July 29, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Deri blames Likud-Beytenu for Lion’s loss in Jerusalem

Shas leader finds comfort in Barkat not being ‘Yair Lapid or an oppressor of Jews’

By Naama Barak

October 23, 2013
3:21 pm

A street in Jerusalem filled with election fliers Tuesday. (photo credit: Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

General apathy and major concern

Israelis may not care about local elections, but Israeli newspapers care a lot about Israelis not caring about local elections

By Joshua Davidovich

October 23, 2013
2:53 pm

Nir Barkat celebrates with supporters after winning the Jerusalem mayoral elections, early on October 23, 2013 (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The lazy, short-sighted ingrates of Jerusalem

Op-ed: Just imagine what would have happened if Deri and Liberman had found an actual Jerusalemite to run for mayor

By David Horovitz

October 23, 2013
2:46 pm

Jerusalem's City Hall (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor faces a council as fragmented as his city

Nir Barkat may have won a second term in office, but his party holds only four seats out of 31 at City Hall

By Stuart Winer

October 23, 2013
11:28 am

Israelis vote to keep big-party politics out of the local mix

In city after city, the electorate firmly rejected efforts by challengers from national parties to enter the municipal fray