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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters set fire to construction materials during a protest against work on the Jerusalem Light Rail in the Bar-Ilan area of Jerusalem, June 8, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 9, 2026, 8:25 pm
Rioting by Haredi extremists has caused NIS 600 million damage to Jerusalem light rail work
Transport Ministry says ultra-Orthodox groups’ vandalism of infrastructure and equipment at the construction site in the Bar-Ilan area has set light rail expansion back 2 years
By Sharon Wrobel
Azorim CEO Hershey Friedman (left) and Givat Shmuel mayor Yossi Brodny at a groundbreaking event for a new housing project in the city in late 2025. (Courtesy/Azorim)
February 27, 2026, 7:18 am
Betting big on Israeli real estate, Canadian billionaire looks to drive housing markets
After buying foundering developing firm Azorim in 2011, Hershey Friedman has turned it into a NIS 5 billion market leader — and is now doubling down on Jerusalem
By Zev Stub
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
A planned project of 13 buildings and 950 apartments recently approved in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Mazor - First Architects and Planners)
November 11, 2024, 5:28 am
Jerusalem planners laud anticipated skyscrapers, but wary locals cite towering concerns
While the municipality claims that constructing 500 tall buildings will give the Holy City a vertical facelift, residents say it will mar the landscape and only benefit developers
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: View of workers in a construction site in Jerusalem, March 5, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 2:59 pm
Shortage of Palestinian workers at Israeli building sites leaves hole on both sides
With almost half of construction sites shut, workers from West Bank are likely to return under tight security, following general ban in wake of Hamas’s October 7 onslaught
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Police respond to a protest by Haredi extremists against construction work for the Jerusalem Light Rail on July 25, 2022. (Israel Police)
July 26, 2022, 4:39 am
Extremists riot against expansion of Jerusalem light rail into Haredi neighborhoods
Police arrest four ultra-Orthodox protesters after hundreds block roads, vandalize property; security guard at construction site filmed beating young protester
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against the construction work for the Jerusalem Light Rail, in Jerusalem, July 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 24, 2022, 6:57 pm
5 Haredim indicted for breaking into Jerusalem light rail construction site
Prosecutors say accused sat in holes dug by builders and refused to leave despite police calls, while three of the accused defied legal orders to stay away from zone
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A group of Haredi men watch as a firetruck works to extinguish a fire caused by riots at the Bar Ilan Junction in Jerusalem, July 7, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
July 8, 2022, 2:08 pm
Rioting by Haredi extremists causes damage to construction of Jerusalem light rail
Finance Minister Liberman says the situation is ‘intolerable’; construction company files lawsuits against key individuals involved in protests as riots cause delays in work
By Tobias Siegal
Jerusalem's proposed 'Burj Khalifa,' the Epstein Building. (AS + GG Architecture)
May 12, 2022, 8:21 am
Jerusalem eyes its own Burj Khalifa as Israeli cities seek new heights
Architects are planning supertall buildings to dominate the skylines of tomorrow
By Danielle Nagler
The Amir Center in central Jerusalem, June 2010. Built in 1961, it is scheduled for demolition in 2022. (By Sir kiss - Own work, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
May 9, 2022, 4:30 pm
Jerusalem’s ‘ugliest building’ slated for demolition to make way for luxury tower
Modernist eyesore from 1960s, a city landmark on King George Street, to be taken down later this year; 30-story residential building to be built on site
By Danielle Nagler
A tour group listens to a guide at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem against the backdrop of the Old City in 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 14, 2018, 9:58 am
While those who aspire to run it posture and pontificate, Jerusalem is sinking
East Jerusalem is the largest Arab city in Israel, yet Israeli leaders seem content to let it fester in neglect, ensuring that the insolvent capital continues to decline
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Construction cranes in the neighborhood of Gilo in East Jerusalem, January 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, file)
December 24, 2017, 8:01 pm
Jerusalem set to permit 300 new East Jerusalem homes
Council to give approval for eight buildings in Gilo, despite reported Trump administration request for ‘calm’ after recognition
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III arrives at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, on Christmas Eve according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar, on January 6, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
November 22, 2017, 10:36 am
Selling holy land: Inside the Greek Patriarchate’s Jerusalem property deals
As embattled patriarch seeks overseas support for multi-million-dollar deals that are sparking Israeli and Palestinian controversy, here are the sales and the buyers
By Sue Surkes
Sunset over a construction site next to the Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo on November 21, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
November 8, 2017, 8:45 pm
Israel grants building permits for 240 homes in East Jerusalem
Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee approves 90 homes in Gilo and 150 in Ramat Shlomo in addition to 44 units in Arab Beit Hanina
By Jacob Magid
Illustration of planned development to be built above Jerusalem's Begin Highway. (Dagan Advanced Visual Solutions)
October 31, 2017, 7:04 pm
Jerusalem plans revolutionary green space over city highway
Hi-tech park, housing units, commercial and open public spaces in new area to be built on top of Begin Highway
By ToI Staff
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