municipal elections

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.

09/03/2024

35 municipalities to hold second election round on Sunday

According to Israeli law, in this scenario, the top two finishers in the race go head-to-head, and therefore, 70 candidates will be up for election on Sunday. 

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest outside the city of Bnei Brak, March 3, 2024

Israel's haredi IDF draft bill expected to advance in Knesset this week

The public debate over the haredi exemption from IDF service broke out after the government last month announced its plan to extend mandatory and reserve duties for current soldiers in order to fill

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

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

02/03/2024

Grapevine: Voting tradition

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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

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.

02/03/2024
 Campaign posters at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem

Reflecting on the municipal elections through a Talmudic lens

In the aftermath of the elections, as elected officials assume their roles and communities come together to chart their future, let us commit to upholding the values of dignity, respect, and honesty.

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
01/03/2024

IDF reservists could be the key to Israel's political future

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.

Tuesday's election was a reminder of what clean politics could look like

Election campaigns can indeed be divisive and often nasty. But they do not have to be, and the municipal election this week was a reminder of this.

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