Be the Mayor of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel · 970,000 people · Heritage City

The Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel Antiquities Authority manage one of the world's most complex heritage cities — preserving the UNESCO-listed Old City sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; operating the Jerusalem Light Rail across highly diverse communities; coordinating fire safety and drainage upgrades inside densely packed medieval stone lanes; and maintaining the Western Wall plaza, Via Dolorosa, and Church of the Holy Sepulchre as active pilgrimage destinations.

The seat for Jerusalem on the Board of Mayors is open. Seat #1 is yours to take.

Take the Oath of Office

The city

Landmark: Western Wall, Dome of the Rock & Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Israel Antiquities Authority operates a 24/7 archaeological emergency protocol: any construction project in the Old City that disturbs soil triggers an immediate work hold and field assessment — laying new water pipes can uncover 3,000-year-old ritual baths, Byzantine mosaics, or Crusader foundations, requiring mid project heritage integration that the Jerusalem Municipality must finance and schedule around utility deadlines.
The Jerusalem Municipality operates the city's Light Rail across neighbourhoods of vast linguistic and cultural difference — Hebrew, Arabic, and English signage is maintained across all stations and vehicles, and the same tram line serves the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim district, the Arab East Jerusalem market, and the modern downtown business corridor, requiring multilingual driver training and community liaison officers at each station.

How a term works

Take office and every day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is scored on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, inside a real budget, and every mayor's work adds to Jerusalem's own record on the Board of Mayors. You are not alone in office: message and chat with other mayors, form a council with friends, trade with nearby cities and send aid. Cities rise together: there is no losing city.

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