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Jews taking part in the Flag March pass through the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City on May 29, 2022, as Israel marks Jerusalem Day. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
June 5, 2024, 8:20 am
Jerusalem braces for nationalist Flag March amid tensions over Gaza war
Organizers expect tens of thousands to attend contentious parade through flashpoint areas of the Old City, as Ben Gvir calls on revelers to visit Temple Mount
By Charlie Summers
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks during an event of the Shas party ahead of the municipal elections in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
February 29, 2024, 5:00 pm
In first, ultra-Orthodox parties win majority on Jerusalem city council
‘We don’t want to turn Jerusalem into Bnei Brak,’ says Deputy Mayor Eliezer Rauchberger, adding ‘we’re here to demand our share’ in an equitable manner
By Sam Sokol
Malka Greenblatt (courtesy).
February 26, 2024, 10:20 pm
Meet the Haredi entrepreneur running for a historic seat on the Jerusalem city council
Malka Greenblatt, who ‘hates politics but loves getting things done,’ will be the first ultra-Orthodox woman to serve on the council if elected on Tuesday
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Tamar Eshel, pictured when serving on the board of the Bezalel arts academy in 1991 (Family photo, via Wikipedia)
July 24, 2022, 10:30 pm
Trailblazing former MK, diplomat Tamar Eshel dies on her 102nd birthday
Born in London but raised in Mandatory Palestine, Eshel served in Haganah, was first Israeli to serve as chair of a UN commission, later sat in Knesset and Jerusalem city council
By Michael Horovitz
Jerusalem City Hall on August 22, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 21, 2020, 5:49 pm
Quarantined Jerusalem councilman attends municipal meeting, causes ruckus
City Council members abruptly end meeting after Yohanan Weitzman shows up, despite assurances he was cleared to attend by Health Ministry
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Palestinian man walks past Israeli police officers at the entrance to the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on December 2, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 28, 2018, 10:51 am
Palestinians debate value of boycotting Tuesday’s Jerusalem municipal elections
Some residents yearn for influence and better city services, while others fear participation would reinforce Israeli claims to city’s eastern half
By Majeda El Batsh and Steve Weizman
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
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
An elderly Russian woman sits in the reception of the Diplomat Hotel in Jerusalem. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 4, 2018, 10:10 am
After purchase by US Embassy, Diplomat Hotel’s residents face uncertain checkout
What will become of 450 destitute elderly Russian immigrants residing in iconic Jerusalem hotel as lease runs down? Officials have no answer. MK who once lived there tries to help
By Tracy Frydberg
Night view of the Chords bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem, November 20, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90/file)
November 14, 2017, 4:36 am
Hitorerut party quits Jerusalem coalition, leaving mayor with Haredi majority
Departing Orthodox-secular party accuses Barkat of sacrificing the city’s interests in his pursuit of a career on the national stage
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, visits the the Bukharan neighborhood during elections for the community administration, December 10, 2011. Photo by (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 19, 2017, 4:33 pm
Jerusalem mayor and ultra-Orthodox carve up capital
Barkat denies deal, which specifies the religious character of individual neighborhoods, is aimed at ensiring Haredi support when he runs for reelection; deputy mayor calls it ‘unethical, illegal’
By Sue Surkes
Hanan Rubin
February 5, 2017, 3:49 pm
Hanan Rubin
Why Jerusalem will go back on strike
Everything you ever want to know about that garbage that’s going to pile up in the streets of the capital again
Chairman of the Shas party and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, leads a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2017, 5:35 pm
Deri confidant remanded over alleged blackmail of Shas official
Police believe four men behind plot to oust Jerusalem council member who admitted to not observing Shabbat, ‘wild’ sexual behavior
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jewish men face off in Jerusalem, 2008. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 30, 2015, 10:36 am
With small victories, religious pluralism is finding its way back to Jerusalem
From providing study grants to non-Orthodox institutions to cafés open on Shabbat, kippah-wearing city councilor Hanan Rubin wants the capital to be a city for everyone
By Melanie Lidman
Moshe Lion (Raphael Ahren/ Times of Israel)
August 23, 2015, 6:08 pm
Jerusalem mayor embraces opponents in city hall coalition
Nir Barkat says former rival Moshe Lion to leave opposition, along with newly named deputy mayor
By ToI Staff
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