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


Will Jerusalem ever be a normal city?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Jerusalem has never been considered a normal city, but maybe new innovations will make it so.

 CONSTRUCTION AT the entrance to Jerusalem is a project that will prove itself in time.

Police arrest Arab who planned to attack light rail with fireworks

The suspect, a member of a terrorist group, was involved in producing explosives.

Jerusalem's light rail

Smart traffic planning system LISA approved for use in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

A Ministry of Transportation committee approved the adoption of LISA for traffic planning in Israel.

Traffic jams seen on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv.

China sues Israeli government for denying light rail tender 'under US pressure'

Israeli and Chinese companies sued, claiming the decision to block Chinese bids for the project was based on illegal US pressure.

Tel Aviv light rail train car

This week in Jerusalem: Get out

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 SHOPPERS AT the Mamilla Mall in Jerusalem – dissension beneath the surface?

This week in Jerusalem: Shabbat rumblings

A round-up of city affairs.

 ISRAELI POLICE clash with demonstrators following the death of Ahuvia Sandak last year, at the entrance to Jerusalem, November 6.

Light at the end of the tunnel: TLV light rail completes first full test-run

The light rail completed its first test-run between Petah Tikva and Bat Yam on Wednesday.

Transportation Minister Israel Katz speaks at an event marking the beginning of underground construction work of the Tel Aviv light rail’s Red Line

Tel Aviv residents accidentally pay the light railway's water bills

The residents of a building in Tel Aviv were charged with high water bills after the contractor building the light railway nearby accidentally connected to their plumbing.

An illustration of the Tel Aviv light rail Purple Line.

Rebuild Jerusalem: The largest construction projects in Israel's capital

Armed with the largest municipal budget in the city’s history, Mayor Moshe Lion has moved strongly to implement the campaign promises he made in 2018.

 ‘THE CITY of Jerusalem has undergone a real revolution in recent years,’ says Mayor Moshe Lion.

Haredi light-rail riots mastermind explains why he protests

"We are here to stay. The sooner the authorities grasp and understand this, the better it will be. We are not going anywhere and we will never accept this plan as it is proposed."

A SEA of haredim rally against the light rail at the corner of Bar Ilan Street, December 7, 2020.