Traffic

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.

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

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

 (Illustrative) Israel police block a road, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, near Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.

IDF, Israel Police searching for Palestinian vehicle that fled traffic stop in West Bank


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.

Photo of road in Israel

This week in Jerusalem: We are the scouts

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 A BUS STOPS outside the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem.

This week in Jerusalem: Jerusalemites’ rapid response

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 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.

 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.

Two injured in shooting on Highway 6

Israel Police in Modi'in station have started an investigation and operational scans, according to the the Israel Police Spokespersons Unit.

 The car that was shot at injuring two east Jerusalem residents around midnight on December 6 on Highway 6 near Ben Shemen Junction.

This week in Jerusalem: America in Jerusalem

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 DEPUTY MAYOR Arieh King: East Jerusalem immigration?

Why Israel became the road traffic capital of the OECD in 2022 - opinion

Radio broadcasts often report never-ending traffic jams and TV programs give us precise details of those jams while reminding us how inefficient public transport is.

 Tel Aviv traffic