Jerusalem Municipality

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

In this story, there is no good, no bad and no ugly. There is a powerful mayor who has managed to keep his 2018 election campaign promises against a simple city resident and activist.

Efforts to increase female representation in the Jerusalem Municipality has now started to generate action on the ground.

The majority of the Arab residents have been boycotting the municipal elections since 1968, claiming that participation would be interpreted as recognition of Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem.

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

While Lion tries his best to convey that the city belongs to everyone, including non-Jews who live here, the main struggles in recent days have centered around this issue.

After several failed attempts by the Arabs of the eastern part of Jerusalem to integrate into municipal politics, attorney Walid Abu Tayeh thinks the time has finally come.

Asking Mayor Moshe Lion the tough questions – on the eve of the 56th Jerusalem Day and five months before elections.

Jerusalem Day is an opportunity to reflect on our capital’s past, take stock of its present and plan for its future.

In the last five years, according to Walla, only 4.5% of recipients were Arab, and only one was a resident of east Jerusalem.