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Police forces are seen at the scene where a crane collapsed onto a vehicle, killing a woman in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem, January 28, 2026. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 28, 2026, 7:18 pm
Woman, 70, killed in Jerusalem after crane falls on her amid winter windstorm
Identity of the victim not yet announced; unclear if high winds caused construction vehicle to overturn, and police say three suspects connected to the site were detained
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Illustrative: New Israeli shekel bills, September 24, 2023. (Hadar Youavian/ Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 7:14 pm
Wave of price rises and tax hikes takes effect, fueling costs for Israelis in 2026
As of Jan. 1, the cost of electricity, water and cooking gas increases, while municipal property tax rates and other taxes rise, shrinking disposable income for Israelis
By Sharon Wrobel
MK Ofir Katz leads a meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2023, 9:31 am
Coalition seeking to amend Arnona Fund to benefit Likud strongholds – report
New version of the controversial law, initiated by coalition whip MK Ofir Katz, would have certain cities receive from the fund instead of paying millions into it
By ToI Staff
View of a pile of garbage in Tel Aviv on May 16, 2023 amid a municipal strike (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 18, 2023, 6:16 pm
Strike ends, but municipalities vow legal action on plan to redistribute local taxes
Local leaders say they are preparing to challenge program in court once it passes into law while ‘transferring the fight so it focuses on government, not harming residents’
By ToI Staff
The Brothers in Arms group holds a protest outside the home of Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf in Jerusalem, May 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 12:55 pm
Mayors warn they won’t transfer local taxes to coalition’s contentious planned fund
Municipal leaders of Givatayim and Ramat Gan say they’ll take matter to court; strike continues, but children return to school; protesters rally outside housing minister’s home
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 11:34 pm
Municipal strike in protest of tax redistribution to continue, but schools to reopen
Federation of Local Authorities vows it will not participate in Arnona Fund plan to redistribute municipal taxes, as Knesset Finance Committee votes to approve measure
By ToI Staff
Apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, one of the most popular locations for Israeli investment properties, January 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 8:11 pm
Property investors may lose tax breaks in real estate reforms
New proposals aim to reduce tax-exempt rental income for homeowners with more than one property and generate billions of extra shekels in state revenue
By Danielle Nagler
An Israel Antiquities Authority excavation on the slopes of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona uncovered an administrative complex from 2,700 years ago. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 22, 2020, 12:03 pm
Huge Kingdom of Judah government complex found near US Embassy in Jerusalem
Among the 2,700-year-old finds: 120 inscribed seal impressions on jars at storage facility holding food collected as taxes for kings Hezekiah, Menashe in First Temple times
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A leafy street in Arnona, where the Jerusalem municipality and local real estate developers are ready to build towers in order to create more apartment units (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2018, 1:48 pm
As Jerusalem starts building into the sky, should my family be moving up too?
With affordable housing scarce, the city is encouraging residents to pair with developers and turn low-rises into towers. For this writer, that’s brought a work assignment home
By Jessica Steinberg
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May 23, 2018, 1:43 pm
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Hello, my Jerusalem home
I didn’t know if we’d ever be able to buy in our neighborhood, but timing and good fortune miraculously aligned
A newly hung sign points to the US embassy in Jerusalem, inaugurated on May 14, 2018. (Ben Sales/JTA)
May 15, 2018, 10:02 am
Neighbors of the new US embassy in Jerusalem fret over traffic, rising rent
Residents of Arnona neighborhood more concerned with practical implications of having the mission in their midst than its political significance
By Ben Sales
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