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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jerusalem City Hall offices in Safra Square, 2009 The Jerusalem Municipality, the seat of the Israeli municipal administration, consists of a number of buildings located on Jaffa Road in the city of Jerusalem. History The old British town hall and Barclays Bank, circa 1940 British Mandate town hall ...
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Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, romanized: Stéphanos; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. [2] According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings.
The Jerusalem City Council was established in 1863 during the rule of the Ottoman Empire.From 1948 to 1967 two municipalities operated in the city: an Israeli municipality provided services to the western neighborhoods of the city and a Jordanian municipality to its eastern parts.
The 1993 Jerusalem mayoral election was held 2 November 1993, [13] and saw Likud nominee Ehud Olmert unseat Labor incumbent Teddy Kollek. [1] This ended Kollek's 28-year mayoralty. [ 1 ] This also marked the first time in roughly four decades that Jerusalem would have a mayor who was not a member of either the Israeli Labor Party or its ...
West Jerusalem came under Israeli rule and East Jerusalem, including the Old City, was ruled by Jordan until 1967. In the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel occupied the West Bank and unified the two parts of the city. East Jerusalem, along with other parts of the West Bank and West Jerusalem, were incorporated in one municipality.
Italian architect and engineer, Ermete Pierotti, who served under the Jerusalem governor, Surraya Pasha (1857–1863), thought that St. Stephen's Basilica marked the site of the tomb of Queen Helena, described by Josephus as being "three stadia outside of Jerusalem." [5] This view is today largely rejected, in favor of the Tombs of the Kings.
Makram Khoury (born 1945), Israeli Arab actor and winner of the Israel Prize; Ehud Olmert (born 1945), former mayor of Jerusalem and Prime Minister of Israel; Mahmoud al-Zahar (born 1945), co-founder of Hamas; Yoni Netanyahu (1946–1976), commander of Sayeret Matkal; killed in action during Operation Entebbe; Esther Farbstein (born 1946 ...