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Grapevine: Kudos and complaints

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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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

The First Station, in snow.

Winter in Jerusalem: Valleys, rails, and the city’s stories

Graffiti paint saying "There is a Holocaust in Gaza," on the sidewalk at the central light rail station in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem man sprays 'Holocaust in Gaza' message at light rail station, arrested


Israelis celebrate 'No Pants Day' on Jerusalem's light rail

Israelis braced the chilly Jerusalem winter to strip down and ride the light rail.

Israelis take part in the annual No Pants Day on Jerusalem's Light Rail, January 2018

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

Though the light rail’s Blue Line has been approved, the fate of its 1.1-kilometer segment on Emek Refaim Street (pictured) is undecided

The saga of the Blue Line

The Blue Line’s Emek Refaim path was opposed by local residents and businesses owners.

An alternate proposal for a tunnel would save both Mesila Park and Emek Refaim Street from the damage created by the work to build the Blue Line.

Grapevine: Villa Brown arrives

Pop music was blaring loudly, even though the street is on the edge of an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

Meir Adoni

A roller-coaster train

If approved, the tunnel would run under Harakevet Street along Mesila Park from the Liberty Bell Garden to the Oranim junction, leaving Emek Refaim untouched and preserving Mesila Park.

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Triple benefit

Why I support the light rail on Emek Refaim.

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Why I oppose the current plan for the light rail’s Blue Line

Emek Refaim Street today, where it intersects with Rachel Imenu Street

CityPass loses Jerusalem Light Rail extension tender

Under the former agreement, the state had an option to buy the project back from CityPass in March 2019 – 17 years before the end of the franchise period.

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

A LIGHT RAIL TRAIN waits at a station in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem light rail stabber declared fit for trial

Shin Bet: Suicidal suspect had history of mental illness, wanted to be shot dead by soldier.

Scene of stabbing attack on Jerusalem's light rail