Jerusalem Municipality

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Children play in a Jerusalem shelter
The Jerusalem Municipality took the personal approach to delivering games kits around town.

From shelters to fun: How Jerusalem is helping residents cope during Iran war

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

Urban Planning.

Dramatic change in Jerusalem construction plan approvals: Impact of pre-planning agreements


Second round of municipal election held in 35 cities

Haifa was the biggest city to be holding a second round. Other cities include Ariel, Beit Shemesh, Harish, Rehovot, Ramle, Kiryat Gat, Pardes Hannah–Karkur, Nes Tziyona, and Binyamina-Givat Ada.

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

What the key players think of Jerusalem's municipal elections

The post of mayor and 30 city council seats were at stake in determining Jerusalem’s future.

 Victorious: Moshe Lion celebrates his Feb. 27 mayoral win.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?

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

De-meow-crat-ya: Taking my cat to vote in municipal elections - comment

I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.

 The writer, Aaron Reich, is seen with their cat, Medici (full name HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich) waiting to vote in Jerusalem for the municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Lion victorious in Jerusalem in landslide victory; Huldai wins in Tel Aviv

With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.

 Moshe Lion in a speech on February 27, 2024.

'Normalizing the occupation': PLO calls for boycott against Arab-Israeli list in local elections

"The participation of a Palestinian list in the occupation's municipal elections in Jerusalem is a shameless normalization that serves the plans of the occupation," read the announcement.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, West Bank May 11, 2020

Rabbi Haim Pear: The Anglo Jerusalemite fighting municipal inefficiency

Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of the municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat with Rabbi Pear to discuss his entry into politics, as well as what he hopes to advance on the city council.

 Rabbi Haim Pear, founder of Shir Hadash.

Laura Wharton: The accessibility advocator fighting for an equal Jerusalem

Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat down with Laura Wharton and discussed her positions and goals she hopes to advance as part of Yossi Havilio’s Jerusalem Union.

 Laura Wharton, Jerusalem City Council member.

My vote for City Council: A vote for a liberal, Israeli Jerusalem - opinion

“It’s time to choose: A messianic Jerusalem or an Israeli Jerusalem?”

 YOCHI RAPPEPORT

Jerusalem elections are here: Who will run Jerusalem?

Results are not expected the night or even the morning after the elections but rather a few days later – and at the latest on Sunday, March 3.

 SEAT OF municipal power in Jerusalem: Safra Square.