Municipal elections

Third cohort of Bloomberg-Sagol leadership program launches at TAU

The yearlong track will train 20 mayors and 40 senior officials in data-driven management, crisis leadership, and urban innovation, with a formal launch event on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

Bloomberg-Sagol Center opens third class to train Israel’s mayors
 Israelis in Jerusalem are seen protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire defense minister Yoav Gallant, near the Prime Minister’s Residence, Nov. 6, 2024.

Year in review: What were the biggest events, stories in Jerusalem of 2024?

 The Israel-Hamas War (Illustrative)

14 Days: Hamas war

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Second round of municipal election held in 35 cities


Grapevine: Synagogue scene

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Jerusalem Great Synagogue

This week in Jerusalem: Election fever

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 VANDALISM: TENSIONS ramping up (Illustrative).

Jerusalem elections: The drama behind the scenes in municipal politics

There is only one way to ensure that the rights of the capital’s haredi residents are preserved without trampling on the needs and desires of its pluralist residents: a diverse city council.

  Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion at Bonei Zion Award Ceremony

Jerusalem elections: A look at the candidates and what they want

As the deadline to submit candidacy approaches, we take a close look at who’s who in the Jerusalem municipal elections.

 SEAT OF municipal power in Jerusalem: Safra Square.

Will Moshe Lion serve another term as mayor of Jerusalem? - survey

According to a local survey, incumbent mayoral candidate Moshe Lion is expected to win the election.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Grapevine September 13, 2023: President of all

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT HERZOG at ‘selichot’ in Mea She’arim.

Jerusalem's secular-traditionalists unite for anti-haredi electoral list

Under the slogan “Hope returns to Jerusalem – and it depends on you!” the new faction wants to convince the Jerusalemites to support efforts to preserve Jerusalem from the haredi sector.

 UNITED OPPOSITION: (L TO R) Laura Wharton, Yossi Havilio, Yaala Bitton-De Langa, Eran Ben Yehuda.

Will this Arab Israeli 'outsider' become Jerusalem's next mayor?

An east Jerusalem candidate joins the heretofore uncontested – and rapidly approaching – mayoral race.

 UNEXPECTED CONTENDER: Waleed Abu Tayeh.

Shin Bet, police arrest 3 suspects in Nazareth mayor candidate shooting

The suspects who wounded Nazareth mayoral candidate Musaab Duchan, his brother, and another person ahead of local elections were arrested.

Two squad crime organization members arrested in Nazareth.

Coalition, opposition parties vow not to sit together on municipal councils

The municipal elections, which are held on October 31 this year, hold significant impact on Israelis. Opposition and coalition parties have told their candidates not to sit together.

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.