Light rail

Grapevine: Kudos and complaints

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Jerusalem Light Rail
Israel Police and Border Police officers arrest suspected assassins in northern Israel, February 10, 2026.

Israel Police arrests hit squad in Triangle region, seizes weapons and drugs

Israel Police and Border Police arrested five suspected assassins in the Triangle region, seizing stolen IDF ammo, explosive parts, drugs, and tens of thousands of shekels in cash.

|ByJAMES GENN
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies

Eleven were arrested before protests began to disperse following the High Court of Justice's blocking of the planned autopsies.

|ByJAMES GENN, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
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New mega-neighborhood with 1,500 apartments approved near Tel Aviv on metro line

A new gateway to Or Yehuda: 1,500 housing units will rise near the metro–light rail junction, along with 88,000 m² of commercial and employment space and 36,000 m² designated for public buildings.

|ByOFER PETERSBURG

Light rail construction may have caused rising flea-borne typhus cases in Tel Aviv

Light rail construction in Tel Aviv causes many problems, but this is one of the most worrying. What do we know about Murine typhus?

MARCH 3, 2024ByLIHI SHORESH
Coming up off the ground due to light rail construction

This week in Jerusalem: Red or Green?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

DECEMBER 16, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
LIGHT RAIL’S Red Line extension: Delayed.

This week in Jerusalem: We have a winner

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
EVERY PASSENGER is a story on the Jerusalem light rail.

An old artillery shell causes traffic chaos in southern Jerusalem

Experts in the disposal of unexploded ordnance removed the shells.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Artillery shells found during construction work in Jerusalem. September 19, 2023

Letters to the Editor, September 6, 2023: A good rabbi

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Tel Aviv's light rail can run on Shabbat while keeping Jewish halacha - here's how

We need religious leadership that can give us solutions, not excuses for why it cannot be done.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
ACTIVISTS PROTEST aboard a Tel Aviv area light rail train last month against the decision not to operate the service on Shabbat.

Chinese firms invest heavily in Israel – and are eager to do more

Chinese companies do a lot of business globally and specifically in Israel – and are eager to do more. A visit to the country illuminates the reach and realities.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByALAN D. ABBEY
NIGHT FALLS outside Tianamen Square, Beijing.

Terrorist killed after stabbing attack at Jerusalem light rail station

The attacker was killed on-site after stabbing a 25-year-old man, who is in moderate condition.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of the stabbing attack on Shimon HaTzadik St. in Jerusalem on August 30, 2023.

14 Days: Terror strikes

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

AUGUST 25, 2023BySTEVE LINDE
Shay Nigrekar and Aviar Nir

Grapevine: Help is here

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM speaks at a protest in Jerusalem’s Safra Square against construction in the Rehes Lavan (White Ridge) nature reserve.