Light rail

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.

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
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New mega-neighborhood with 1,500 apartments approved near Tel Aviv on metro line

 A test drive for the Tel Aviv light rail in Jaffa, on May 17, 2023

Israel unprepared for potential terror attack on central light rail, comptroller says

The high-tech park in the heart of Beer Sheva's innovation district.

‘A new Israeli dream’: Government earmarks NIS one billion to transform Beersheba and Negev


This week in Jerusalem: Getting high

A round-up of city affairs.

KADOSH CAFÉ has made the move to Tzohar kashrut certification

Jerusalem's light rail: CityPass out, CFIR in

Some interesting changes have already arrived with the new management.

Israelis are seen boarding the light rail on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem after the coronavirus lockdown ends, on February 8, 2021.

Jerusalem's light rail: CityPass out, CFIR in

Some interesting changes have already arrived with the new management.

People walk near the light rail in the centre of Jerusalem

This week in Jerusalem - A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

LARGER WASTE receptacles will help eliminate the trash accumulating on the tayelet

Jerusalem snow: Schools to start late Thursday - full details

The city’s light rail began operation at 7:00 a.m.

Jerusalem awakes to snow, February 18, 2021

First tender for Jerusalem's new light rail line published

The Blue Line is being jointly developed and promoted by the city of Jerusalem, its municipal government, the Transportation Ministry, and the Moriah company.

Israelis are seen boarding the light rail on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem after the coronavirus lockdown ends, on February 8, 2021.

Haredi protests in Jerusalem continue against light rail construction

The protesters, numbering in the hundreds, at Bar Ilan Junction, burned garbage cans and blocked the road, as well as damaged passing vehicles and the current construction areas of the light rail.

Haredi protesters burn garbage in protest of the light rail construction in their ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, January 25, 2021.

This week in Jerusalem - A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with Hadassah director-general Prof. Zeev Rotstein.

Tel Aviv turns abandoned railroad into modern linear park

Tel Aviv’s Ottoman-era railroad Park Hamesila on track to connect Jaffa and downtown

Park Hamesila follows a 5-km. stretch along the railway tracks.

New campaign sees parenting tips posted on Jerusalem Light Rail stations

The posters, produced in Hebrew and Arabic, will remain in place for the next two months.

THE JERUSALEM-WIDE poster campaign encourages parents to interact with their kids.