Light rail

Victory for the Negev vision: Light Rail will reach gates of the intelligence campus - opinion

We are determined to take responsibility in shaping our lives in the Negev so that our children and grandchildren will also find their future here.

 Trial runs of the new Metropolitan Light Rail in Yaffo-Tel Aviv. The Light Rail will run through Tel Aviv and surrounding central cities. August 01, 2023.
Jerusalem Light Rail

Grapevine: Kudos and complaints

Israel Police and Border Police officers arrest suspected assassins in northern Israel, February 10, 2026.

Israel Police arrests hit squad in Triangle region, seizes weapons and drugs

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies


This week in Jerusalem - A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with Hadassah director-general Prof. Zeev Rotstein.

Tel Aviv turns abandoned railroad into modern linear park

Tel Aviv’s Ottoman-era railroad Park Hamesila on track to connect Jaffa and downtown

Park Hamesila follows a 5-km. stretch along the railway tracks.

New campaign sees parenting tips posted on Jerusalem Light Rail stations

The posters, produced in Hebrew and Arabic, will remain in place for the next two months.

THE JERUSALEM-WIDE poster campaign encourages parents to interact with their kids.

Right-wing protesters block light rail, clash with police in Jerusalem

At least 14 protesters were arrested during the protest.

Demonstrators block light rail in Jerusalem in protest against death of Ahuvia Sandak, a hilltop youth member.

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters flood Jerusalem, 25 detained

Bar Ilan junction was blocked for traffic.

Protest at Bar Ilan junction in Jerusalem

Anger entrenches opposing sides amid light rail construction

“Look at Emek Refaim today. It’s declining.”

The Rakevet Ba'emek Association's Yossi Saidov, Idit Rubin and Itamar Shahar on Emek Refaim Street.

This week in Jerusalem, October 23, 2020: Not in my neighborhood

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

The light rail's blue line will run down Emek Refaim Street.

This week in Jerusalem; A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week.

Jerusalem's light rail

Tel Aviv Light Rail derailed by one year due to COVID-19

NATA chairman places blame at the feet of canceled tender, lacks ‘300 Chinese workers’

An illustration of the Tel Aviv light rail Purple Line.

Coronavirus spreads in Jerusalem City Hall

The situation in the city is becoming more worrisome, as within a week, the number of residents who became sick with coronavirus jumped from 662 to 1,416.

Jerusalem city hall in Safra Square