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Shipping through the Panama Canal remains uninterrupted after country hit by a 7.7 mag. earthquake

Panama Airport was closed as a precaution while the Naturgy power company reported electricity supply disruptions across six Panamanian provinces. The Panama Canal remains operational.

|ByREUTERS
People gather in an open area after an earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama, in Panama City, Panama, October 9, 2026.
Bike path in Tel Aviv.

Turning point in city rankings: Where are residents most satisfied with their municipality?

CBS survey presents the local government satisfaction map: Petah Tikva and Rishon Lezion lead, and in Beersheba and Bnei Brak, nearly half the residents believe performance is not good.

|ByWALLA! MONEY
Night view of skyscrapers in the skyline of Tel Aviv, on July 6, 2025

Kfar Saba dominates among Israeli cities in quality of life rankings - study

Jerusalem led the group in reported drinking water quality, and residents reported the fewest new cases of malignant tumors. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
How to Build a City That Lets Everyone Live Better.

How do you build a city that lets everyone live better? Real estate women respond

Who said urban planning is boring? At the "Women Build the Nation" panel, six senior women shared ideas on community, equality, and a new social contract, envisioning Israel in 20 years.

|ByWALLA/REALESTATE

City notes: High-speed train to hold test runs on Haifa-Beit She’an route

A round-up of news from around the nation.

JULY 13, 2016ByCOMPILEDJULIE STEIGERWALD
The new route on the Jezreel Valley Railway

City notes: Decisive Crusader battle reenacted in Galilee

A round-up of news from around the nation.

JULY 10, 2016ByCOMPILEDJULIE STEIGERWALD
Staging the 12th-century Battle of Hattin

Making room for Fleur

"For the moment I am mostly learning."

JULY 3, 2016ByPEGGY CIDOR
New city council member Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

‘חָרִיש’, עִיר חֲדָשָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל

Harish, new city in Israel

JUNE 30, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Charish

Proposal to couple Boulder with Nablus as sister cities draws fire

This is the second time the pairing has been proposed.

APRIL 20, 2016ByHANNAH BROAD
Hilltop view of the Palestinian refugee camp Balata on the edge of the West Bank city of Nablus

Diyarbakir: The City of Resistance, the City that Refuses to Die

APRIL 18, 2016BySALADDIN AHMED
The Jerusalem Post

Mayor Biton: Social warrior

Yerucham is in the midst of a makeover, transforming from a dusty development town into a small boom town.

APRIL 12, 2016ByPATRICIA GOLAN
Yerucham Mayor Michael Biton

Like roses among the thorns

The no-win situation of city center restaurants and bars, which is compounded by municipal directives.

APRIL 6, 2016ByPEGGY CIDOR
Raphael Kohn (right) washes the street outside his Nahalat Shiva restaurant this past week, together with a 90-year-old shoemaker who has had a store in the area for 35 years

Conflict of interest

This sounds like a reasonable reshuffling of a city council upon reaching the second half of its term.

APRIL 6, 2016ByPEGGY CIDOR
Tamir Nir

This week in Jerusalem 450460

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

APRIL 6, 2016ByPEGGY CIDOR
S.Y. Agnon