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Israel greenlights construction of 900-megawatt power plant near Jerusalem

A 900-megawatt power plant that will be built at the Egged lot north of Jerusalem, along with a parking lot for electric buses.

View of an electric power plant in Israel (illustrative)
The "egg" app

No ads: Egged presents an alternative to the Moovit app

buses.

Surprise Egg: Egged’s Egg app promises to change the culture of travel

Egged Group's new ad-free 'egg' app.

Egged launches ‘egg,’ Israel’s first ad-free public transport app


TikTak: Egged's flawed but functional shared taxi service

“When it works, it’s amazing. When it doesn’t, well…”

 APP LOGIC: The TikTak app shows that the van will arrive in one minute, but indicates it would take seven minutes to get to the bus stop. Simply not enough time.

Arab rioters stone buses en route to Western Wall

The attack took place near Lions' Gate while tensions are still high between other rioters and police at the Temple Mount.

Egged bus (illustrative)

Two buses in Jerusalem hit by stones from passing cars

Two buses on Route 437 northeast of Jerusalem were stoned on Saturday night by unidentified people in a car in the opposite lane in what may be a new terror tactic.

 A Palestinian demonstrator hurls a stone at Israeli forces during a protest over the killing of four Palestinians by Israeli forces in a clash, near Israeli settlement of Beit El in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 17, 2021

COVID mishap: Health Ministry puts wrong travelers into quarantine

Travelers who took Egged bus 390 on November 23 had been asked by the Health Ministry to quarantine after the ministry mistakenly believed that a woman diagnosed with the Omicron variant was onboard.

 Israeli police officers near Eged Bus on road number 1 near Jerusalem on April 5, 2020, after earlier a man who was tested positive for the coronavirus arrested on the bus.

Turkey allows consular visit to jailed Israeli couple

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that the Oaknins are “two innocent citizens who accidentally ended up in a complex situation.”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the re-opening of the Ottoman-era Yildiz Hamidiye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, August 4, 2017

Biden administration ups pressure on Israel to crack down on China

Defense officials call on Bennett to head new panel to screen Beijing’s investments in Israel as gov’t stalls on rail tenders.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden chat in the Oval Office last week.

This week in Jerusalem: 21 years coming...

A round-up of city affairs.

THE POETRY of Yehuda Amichai adorns an Emek Refaim St. lamppost.

Superbus prepares to take over Jerusalem bus routes in October

Bank Hapoalim and Superbus have reached a NIS 490 million financing agreement to help Superbus to take over many of the city's bus lines over the coming years, ending Egged's monopoly.

‘WITHIN ANY arrangement in Israel it is critical to ensure that no one is forced to work on Shabbat, as in the case of bus drivers or construction workers.’

Bus driver assaulted after asking passenger to wear mask

In his 34 years of experience as a bus driver, Cohen says he has never seen or experienced anything like the assault he suffered on Thursday.

Egged bus

Egged's monopoly ends, Superbus taking over Jerusalem lines in late 2021

The results will be improved transportation around Jerusalem.

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station