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


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?”

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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.

Who are the haredi Jews running in Jerusalem's municipal election?

In the haredi sector, there four lists competing against each other for seats on the Jerusalem city council.

 Eliezer Rauchberger, deputy mayor and head of the powerful Local Planning and Construction Committee.

Jerusalem is a city of lights. This man keeps those lights running

Jerusalemite of the Week: The head of public lighting and power infrastructure for the Jerusalem Municipality, Michael Lidsky is tasked with lighting up the biggest city in Israel.

 Michael Lidsky, the chief electrical engineer of the Jerusalem Municipality.