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Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

A passing Magen David Adom paramedic saved the life of 75-year-old Moshe Ami Benita, who suffered a stroke while stopped at a red light in Rishon Lezion during a routine drive home.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026|ByTPS

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Members of the Arab community in Israel protest against the violence in their community, in Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026.

Arab families protest rise in violent crime, murder, blocking Ayalon highway

“This struggle is a fight for life and against the abandonment of an entire society that bleeds every day,” the protesters said.

JANUARY 25, 2026|ByWALLA

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.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByJAMES GENN, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM

A police officer's bandaged hand is seen during protests in Jerusalem, December 27, 2025

Two policemen injured at religious youth protest in Jerusalem marking Ahuvia Sandak's death

The protesters, a group of young right-wing nationalists, took to the streets to mark five years since the death of hilltop youth Ahuvia Sandak.

DECEMBER 27, 2025|ByEFRAT FORSHER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Miri Regev must not roadblock Israel's transportation needs - editorial

Israelis on the streets feel like they have been continuously abandoned by their government, and this week was just the cherry on top.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL

A huge crowd of people are seen flooding the Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem as they head as protesters head to demonstrate against Israel's judicial reform, on February 13, 2023.

Two passengers enough for Highway 1 HOV lane, Regev decides

Regev green-lit the pilot project which will start in February and aims to improve traffic on one of the country's most important roads.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

This week in Jerusalem: We are the scouts

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR

ABU TOR; Silwan neighborhood in foreground.

Minister Regev, be cooperative and change will come -opinion

We must strive to create sustainable and quick solutions in order to ease the burden on everyone.

JANUARY 15, 2023BySHLOMI VARIAT

PASSENGERS ENTER through the turnstiles at the Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem.

Car falls into sinkhole formed in Israel's Hod Hasharon

The sinkhole may have opened up due to a failure of an underground water pipe.

JANUARY 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sinkhole opens up in Hod Hasharon January 14, 2023.

Give us a solution to driving or leave us alone - opinion

We are currently being inundated with messages encouraging us to take public transportation as much as possible and drive private cars less.

JANUARY 1, 2023ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

A BUS STOPS outside the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem.

This week in Jerusalem: Jerusalemites’ rapid response

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR

THE SCENE where a woman was hit by a trash bin pushed by haredi protesters.

Israel has too many cars on the roads - opinion

The problem, clearly, is that there are just too many cars on Israel’s roads, which were not planned and built to accommodate the levels of traffic we now face.

DECEMBER 27, 2022ByGIL LASER