Jerusalem Municipality

Mayor Moshe Lion at Diplomatic Conference

“We are investing in infrastructure, education and opportunities for young people.”

Mayor Moshe Lion
Ayala Londner, Dir. of Business Development, The Jerusalem Development Authority; Yaakov Livne, Dep. Dir. Gen. for Public Diplomacy; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador (Ret.) Ran Ichay, Head of Research at the Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy

“Let's tell the incredible story of this place”

Blue and White MK Pnina Tameno-Shete speaks into a megaphone at a protest calling for an expansion in the investigation, a few weeks ago.

Jerusalem approves protest tent for family of missing girl Haymanot Kasau

Protestors march in Jerusalem for missing girl Haymanot Kasau, with signs reading ‘Bring her home now’ 21st of December 2025

Parents of missing fight Jerusalem court's refusal of protest camp near PMO


Grapevine: Much that is positive

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

How are Jerusalem's politicians getting ready for municipal elections?

There have been some posters, some exposure on the media networks, and occasionally a few private salon get-togethers – but the big “action” has not happened yet. 

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

This week in Jerusalem: Money time

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 THE 2023 overall municipal budget: A record-breaking NIS 14.4 billion.

Jerusalem parties feud over haredi schools in secular neighborhoods

What is on the agenda now is feeling among some of the city’s residents that the ultra-Orthodox representatives are establishing facts on the ground and preparing to deepen their influence.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY dorm in Kiryat Yovel, with anti-haredi graffiti, 2009 – even then, tensions were rising as the neighborhood was becoming increasingly Orthodox.

Jerusalem city councilors start their 2023 election campaigns

Jerusalem city councilors Laura Wharton and Yossi Havilio failed to unite their lists and run together, but their platforms are largely similar.

 YOSSI HAVILIO, deputy mayor and city councilor in the coalition’s non-haredi wing.

This week in Jerusalem: Helpless

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 TALPIOT: PARKING ticket hub of Jerusalem (Illustrative).

Moshe Lion, Yossi Saidov: Old West-esque rivals of Jerusalem politics

In this story, there is no good, no bad and no ugly. There is a powerful mayor who has managed to keep his 2018 election campaign promises against a simple city resident and activist.

 Illustrative of an Old West gunfight: Will good triumph over evil in our complex city of Jerusalem?

Women participation gains momentum in Jerusalem municipal elections race

Efforts to increase female representation in the Jerusalem Municipality has now started to generate action on the ground.

 YAEL ENTEBI represents Pisgat Ze’ev.

Palestinians renew call to boycott Jerusalem elections

The majority of the Arab residents have been boycotting the municipal elections since 1968, claiming that participation would be interpreted as recognition of Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem.

 Palestinian youths hold their national flag during a protest against a Jewish settlement in the mostly Arab neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem

This week in Jerusalem: Back in the pool

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 SWIMMERS, REJOICE: The Jerusalem Pool is back (Illustrative).