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Anti-judicial reform protesters and hotel security and staff clash at the Pastoral Hotel in Kfar Blum, Israel, May 15, 2023. Source: YouTube.

Violence breaks out at protest of Israeli minister’s visit

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A violent altercation occurred between opponents of judicial reform protesters and security personnel during a visit by Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat to a hotel in northern Israel on Monday. The demonstrators had gathered at the...
Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat arrives at a Likud Party meeting on May 28, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Barkat drafts bill to stop reopening of US mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem

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Israel’s opposition, led by Likud Knesset member and former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, submitted a bill on Wednesday to bar the United States from reopening its diplomatic mission to the Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem. The...
Likud member and former mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat arrives at a Likud Party meeting on May 28, 2019, in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Barkat proposes primary for deputy Likud leadership, ‘inspired by US model’

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Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat suggested a plan on Sunday to hold elections for a Likud Party “deputy leader,” who would automatically assume the “most senior post in the government or...
View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Group raises alarm over UNRWA’s anti-Israel incitement within its Jerusalem schools

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Perhaps unbeknown to many Israelis is the shocking fact that only 12 minutes from downtown Jerusalem by light rail, a neighborhood exists within the city’s jurisdiction in which Arab children are being taught that...
Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich, Ze’ev Elkin, Moshe Lion, Yossi Daitch and Avi Salman seen during a debate between candidates to the upcoming Jerusalem Municipality election on Oct. 21, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Final countdown: Who will be crowned king of the golden city?

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If the candidate whose fans chant the loudest—and jump up and down the most—will become winner of the Oct. 30 election for mayor of Jerusalem, then it seems that city council member Moshe Lion...
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. Feb. 13, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Remove UNRWA from city, and treat Arabs as residents, says Jerusalem mayor

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is “bolstering terrorism,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the Knesset Interior Committee on Wednesday during a special meeting to discuss a plan by the Jerusalem Municipality to remove...
A military-themed school play held in April 2016 at the UNRWA Nuseirat School in Gaza, in which students hold an Israeli hostage at gunpoint. Credit: Center for Near East Policy Research.

Jerusalem mayor announces that city will evict UNRWA

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The city of Jerusalem will evict the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in light of the organization’s illegal activities and incitement of Palestinians against Israel, according to Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday. In a...
Jewish worshippers pack the area in front of Jerusalem’s Western Wall for the "Birkat Kohanim," or "Priestly Blessing," during the holiday of Sukkot on Oct. 8, 2017. Credit: Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.

A look at the eight candidates vying to succeed Nir Barkat as Jerusalem’s mayor

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The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wants to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require the U.N. Security Council. He was not exaggerating. Jerusalem is home...
Israeli and the American flags are screened on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on May 13, 2018, ahead of the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Credit: Yontan Sindel/Flash90.

Jerusalem municipality fast-tracks expansion of and renovations to US embassy

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The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem will expand its office space, creating new entrances and service areas, thanks to fast-tracking of permits by the Jerusalem municipality. According to a report in Hadashot news, the expansion will...
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, tours the Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple Mount on June 28, 2018 for an official visit to Israel. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Jerusalem mayor snubs Prince William after royal refusal to meet in the city

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Highlighting a glaring discord on the matter of Jerusalem between Israel and the United Kingdom, Prince William reportedly declined a request by Mayor Nir Barkat to meet in Israel’s capital, telling him that he...