The post of mayor and 30 city council seats were at stake in determining Jerusalem’s future.
According to Israeli law, in this scenario, the top two finishers in the race go head-to-head, and therefore, 70 candidates will be up for election on Sunday.
The public debate over the haredi exemption from IDF service broke out after the government last month announced its plan to extend mandatory and reserve duties for current soldiers in order to fill
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?
I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.
In the aftermath of the elections, as elected officials assume their roles and communities come together to chart their future, let us commit to upholding the values of dignity, respect, and honesty.
The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.
Election campaigns can indeed be divisive and often nasty. But they do not have to be, and the municipal election this week was a reminder of this.
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