Municipal elections

Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt head to November run-off in Los Angeles mayoral race

Karen Bass leads 37% in the LA mayoral race, facing Republican Spencer Pratt in the November run-off after a crowded first round marked by wildfires, homelessness, and political clashes.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass dances near supporters while attending her election night watch party as she runs for reelection in the Los Angeles mayoral race during the California primary election in Los Angeles, June 2, 2026.
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Palestinians in Gaza to vote in municipal elections, offering view into support for Hamas

It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.

|ByREUTERS
Bloomberg-Sagol Center opens third class to train Israel’s mayors

Third cohort of Bloomberg-Sagol leadership program launches at TAU

The yearlong track will train 20 mayors and 40 senior officials in data-driven management, crisis leadership, and urban innovation, with a formal launch event on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis in Jerusalem are seen protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire defense minister Yoav Gallant, near the Prime Minister’s Residence, Nov. 6, 2024.

Year in review: What were the biggest events, stories in Jerusalem of 2024?

From the Iran attack and the Paraguayan embassy move to the waves of protests and the taking down of UNRWA, these are the biggest events and stories in Jerusalem of 2024.

|ByAARON REICH

MKs call on Beersheba mayor, Israel Police to deny permit to anti-LGBT parade

A right-wing party plans a procession of Torah scrolls next week as a protest against "globalists" and "their new world order"

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByARNOLD NATAEV/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE ANNUAL gay pride parade in Tel Aviv takes place, in June. There is a very real possibility that Tel Aviv as a gay capital of the world will soon become a thing of the past, says the writer.

Jerusalem elections: A look at five women running for city council

Thirty-eight days before the elections, here are the women making headlines in local Jerusalem politics.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
FROM L: YA'ELA DE LANGA, LAURA WHARTON, TALI FRIEDMAN, HAGIT MOSHE, YAEL ANTEBI.

Grapevine: Synagogue scene

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Jerusalem Great Synagogue

This week in Jerusalem: Election fever

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
VANDALISM: TENSIONS ramping up (Illustrative).

Jerusalem elections: The drama behind the scenes in municipal politics

There is only one way to ensure that the rights of the capital’s haredi residents are preserved without trampling on the needs and desires of its pluralist residents: a diverse city council.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion at Bonei Zion Award Ceremony

Jerusalem elections: A look at the candidates and what they want

As the deadline to submit candidacy approaches, we take a close look at who’s who in the Jerusalem municipal elections.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
SEAT OF municipal power in Jerusalem: Safra Square.

Will Moshe Lion serve another term as mayor of Jerusalem? - survey

According to a local survey, incumbent mayoral candidate Moshe Lion is expected to win the election.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Grapevine September 13, 2023: President of all

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT HERZOG at ‘selichot’ in Mea She’arim.

Jerusalem's secular-traditionalists unite for anti-haredi electoral list

Under the slogan “Hope returns to Jerusalem – and it depends on you!” the new faction wants to convince the Jerusalemites to support efforts to preserve Jerusalem from the haredi sector.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
UNITED OPPOSITION: (L TO R) Laura Wharton, Yossi Havilio, Yaala Bitton-De Langa, Eran Ben Yehuda.

Will this Arab Israeli 'outsider' become Jerusalem's next mayor?

An east Jerusalem candidate joins the heretofore uncontested – and rapidly approaching – mayoral race.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
UNEXPECTED CONTENDER: Waleed Abu Tayeh.