Jerusalem municipality

The unregulated buildings of the Kafr Aqab neighborhood of Jerusalem, with the security barrier in the foreground (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

September 9, 2019, 8:18 pm

Israel eyes taking over troubled East Jerusalem school

Dar al-Marafa in Kafr Aqab could get significantly more government funding, but a local activist worries some teachers may lose jobs

By Adam Rasgon

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

August 6, 2019, 1:07 pm

Three held on suspicion of graft at Jerusalem municipality, utility company

Police say parking tickets canceled in exchange for concert tickets; demolition permit granted for building owned by suspect’s wife despite preservation designation

By TOI staff

Munir Zughayer, an activist who leads a committee that frequently complains to the Jerusalem Municipality about the state of services in Kafr Aqab, points to a number of buildings that were built in contravention of regulations on February 20, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

June 6, 2019, 3:26 pm

Jerusalem’s no man’s land: Chaos and anarchy in the Kafr Aqab neighborhood

Formally part of Israel , but on West Bank side of barrier, area marred by lawlessness, building chaos, and traffic; city says security situation harms ability to provide services

By Adam Rasgon

Participants in Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade, August 2, 2018. (Gili Ya'ari/Flash90)

June 6, 2019, 11:08 am

Police arrest 2 on suspicion they planned to disrupt Jerusalem Pride Parade

No details given on suspects’ identities or what they were plotting; some 2,500 officers deployed to protect estimated 30,000 participants

By TOI staff

Pride rainbow flags hang June 4, 2019 on poles on Agron street in central Jerusalem ahead of the Jerusalem Pride Parade scheduled for June 6. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

June 6, 2019, 6:34 am

Ahead of Jerusalem Pride, police say they’re recruiting transgender officers

Law enforcement on high alert, with some 2,500 officers deployed to protect estimated 30,000 participants; far-right activist arrested ahead of march

By TOI staff

Garbage piled up on the side of the street in Jerusalem's Wadi Joz neighborhood on September 23, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

June 2, 2019, 7:23 pm

Jerusalem is security deficient, poor, and dirty, state comptroller finds

Audit shows authorities failing to properly manage crossings from West Bank; security barrier still breached; poverty rates among children higher than national average

By Stuart Winer

Rabbi Aryeh Stern on May 10, 2015. (FLASH90)

May 27, 2019, 7:14 pm

Jerusalem chief rabbi urges mayor not to put up LGBT flags that ‘mar’ the city

But municipality says it will hang banners ahead of next week’s pride parade; committee blocks budget for LGBT rights group, sending matter to city council

By Michael Bachner

The New Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, recently renovated for NIS 11 million (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

March 16, 2019, 8:15 am

Jerusalem’s New Gate gets ‘new’ look, but lacks foot traffic

Small, ancient portal into Old City was renovated for greater tourism impact, but the work all but destroyed merchants’ businesses

By Jessica Steinberg

An Orthodox Jewish woman (left) prays alongside a young Jewish woman wearing tefillin at the Western Wall (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 27, 2019, 4:31 pm

Women of the Wall get approval for women’s tefillin stand in Jerusalem

City authorizes move after months-long battle, but not at requested location, leading rights group to accuse it of discrimination

By Michael Bachner

Snow falls in Efrat in the Gush Etzion settlement block in the West Bank on January 16, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

January 16, 2019, 10:51 pm

Snow dusts Jerusalem area as winter storm wallops Israel

Capital sees flurry for first time in years, with several roads closed as forecasts predict accumulation of 10 cm in Eztion bloc and other high elevation areas

By TOI staff

Route 4370, with a wall dividing Israeli and Palestinian traffic, January 10, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 10, 2019, 3:47 pm

In first, Israel opens road with wall dividing Israeli and Palestinian traffic

Israel says new route eases traffic, strengthens connection between Jerusalem and settlements; Palestinians say it ’embodies barefaced discrimination’

By TOI staff

Israelis at a restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, on Saturday, November 01, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

December 26, 2018, 6:02 am

At Deri’s request, J’lem city hall targeted restaurants open on Shabbat – report

Interior minister said to have asked municipality to compile list of businesses legally operating on Jewish Sabbath and detail how they could be fined for unrelated transgressions

By TOI staff

Police accompany bulldozers demolishing storefronts in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Courtesy Ir Amim)

November 24, 2018, 11:38 pm

EU condemns Israeli demolitions in East Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp

Europe also criticizes decision to build in capital neighborhoods beyond the Green Line, saying such construction undermines two-state solution

By TOI staff

November 21, 2018, 4:20 pm

Jerusalem municipality demolishes 21 businesses in Shuafat refugee camp

Activist groups says owners given just 12 hours’ notice; police say businesses leveled at request of residents due to traffic congestion

By TOI staff

Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich (L) and Moshe Lion during an October 21, 2018 debate ahead of the Jerusalem Municipality elections on October 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 16, 2018, 5:38 pm

Three days after Jerusalem mayor vote, Berkovitch calls Lion to concede

Lion was declared winner on Wednesday night after all the final 9,000 provisional ballots were counted, putting him 3,765 votes ahead

By TOI staff and Marissa Newman