Municipal elections

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.

 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.
 The Israel-Hamas War (Illustrative)

14 Days: Hamas war

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

Second round of municipal election held in 35 cities

 Haifa Mayoral candidate David Etzioni casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Haifa, on February 27, 2024.

Second round of municipal election ballots open in 35 cities


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.

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. 

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

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

Grapevine, March 3, 2024: Women underrepresented in municipal councils

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 EHUDA RAVEH, chairman of the Friends of Anu Museum, flanked by his wife, Tami (right), and Rina Meshel Grunis.

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.

Grapevine: Voting tradition

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

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.

Reflecting on the municipal elections through a Talmudic lens - opinion

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.

 Campaign posters at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024

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

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

 Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Zvika Klein and former communications minister Yoaz Hendel

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

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.

 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli selects his ballot paper on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

Israel's municipal elections: The big victories, shocking defeats and hottest races

Haifa heads to runoff race, Beersheba mayor runs unopposed • Incumbents win big, from Eilat to Tiberias through the West Bank

 Supporters seen during the municipal elections in Tel Aviv, February 27, 2024