Decision over Jerusalem division delivers more power to Haredim

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Ultra Orthodox youth in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

Published: 20 July 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis win the day in deal with Jerusalem mayor. Step by step, it becomes easier to imagine the city without Palestinians

Jerusalem mayor makes historic deal with ultra-Orthodox rabbis on dividing city
Political rivals say it includes a deal not to run a Haredi candidate against mayor Nir Barkat in next mayoral election (Haaretz, July 19)

Jerusalem mayor's deal with ultra-Orthodox is sensible yet worrying
NIR HASSON For the ultra-Orthodox, the deal grants formal recognition communities that have already arisen within secular neighbourhoods; for secular Jerusalemites that's exactly the problem (Haaretz, July 19)

Jerusalem Without Palestinians?
AMIRA HASS Israel continues to treat peace talks with the Palestinians like a soccer game: There has to be a winner and a loser. Peace as a shared interest has disappeared from Israelis’ emotional and intellectual lexicon (Haaretz, July 18)