Jerusalem Municipality

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Children play in a Jerusalem shelter
The Jerusalem Municipality took the personal approach to delivering games kits around town.

From shelters to fun: How Jerusalem is helping residents cope during Iran war

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

Urban Planning.

Dramatic change in Jerusalem construction plan approvals: Impact of pre-planning agreements


Palestinians renew call to boycott Jerusalem elections

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.

 Palestinian youths hold their national flag during a protest against a Jewish settlement in the mostly Arab neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem

This week in Jerusalem: Back in the pool

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 SWIMMERS, REJOICE: The Jerusalem Pool is back (Illustrative).

Jerusalem for everyone? Tensions simmer in Israel's divided capital

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.

 ACTS SUCH as spitting on Armenian priests in the Old City have become routine: A young clergyman takes part in Sunday mass.

Will Walid Abu Tayeh be the first Arab on the Jerusalem City Council?

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.

 WALID ABU TAYEH of Beit Hanina: The time has come.

Jerusalem Day: Mayor Moshe Lion talks issues plaguing Israel's capital

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

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Editor's Notes: Jerusalem isn’t united. But it can be

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

 A LIGHT rail train stops at Damascus Gate. The service connects the eastern and western parts of Jerusalem.

Renowned ophthalmologist becomes fifth Arab recipient of Jerusalem award

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

 Ophthalmology exam (illustrative).

Jerusalem's political drama: A mayor's longtime rivalry with an activist

The two have been enemies for close to a decade and the current chapter in the rivalry between Moshe Lion and Yossi Saidov comes following a blatant coup in Gonen.

 YOSSI SAIDOV: Determined activist.

This week in Jerusalem: French style

A weekly round-up of city affairs

 FRESH OPTION for your morning coffee: Carrefour’s new branch in Beit Hakerem.

Shai Doron: The philanthropic partner of Jerusalem's mayors

Jerusalem Foundation president Shai Doron talks Teddy Kollek, Moshe Lion and diversity

 SHAI DORON, always a civil servant.