Jerusalem

==Municipal administration==
{{main|Municipality of Jerusalem}}

The Jerusalem [[city council|City Council]] is a body of 31 elected members headed by the mayor, who serves a five-year term and appoints eight deputies. The former mayor of Jerusalem, [[Uri Lupolianski]], was elected in 2003.<ref name=corridors>{{cite news |last=Cidor |first=Peggy |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=15 March 2007 |title=Corridors of Power: A tale of two councils |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879092720&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |access-date=28 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716012336/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879092720&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> In the November 2008 city elections, [[Nir Barkat]] was elected. In November 2018, [[Moshe Lion]] was elected mayor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Moshe Lion elected Jerusalem Mayor in dramatic finish |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-moshe-lion-elected-jerusalem-mayor-in-dramatic-finish-1001260573 |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018 |first=Tal |last=Schneider |newspaper=[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074141/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-moshe-lion-elected-jerusalem-mayor-in-dramatic-finish-1001260573 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Apart from the mayor and his deputies, City Council members receive no salaries and work on a voluntary basis. The longest-serving Jerusalem mayor was [[Teddy Kollek]], who spent 28 years—six consecutive terms—in office. Most of the meetings of the Jerusalem City Council are private, but each month, it holds a session that is open to the public.<ref name=corridors/> Within the city council, religious political parties form an especially powerful faction, accounting for the majority of its seats.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jerusalem Becomes A Battleground Over Gay Rights Vs. Religious Beliefs |url=http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/2006/11/11/BC_ISRAEL_GAYS10_COX.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223111106/http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/2006/11/11/BC_ISRAEL_GAYS10_COX.html |archive-date=23 December 2007 |last=Coker |first=Margaret |access-date=28 March 2007 |date=11 November 2006 |publisher=Cox Newspapers}}</ref> 

The headquarters of the Jerusalem Municipality and the mayor's office are at [[Safra Square]] (''Kikar Safra'') on [[Jaffa Road]]. The municipal complex, comprising two modern buildings and ten renovated historic buildings surrounding a large plaza, opened in 1993 when it moved from the [[Jerusalem Old Town Hall|old town hall]] building built by the [[Mandate Palestine|Mandate authorities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/picture/atarim/site_form_atar_eng.asp?site_id=147&pic_cat=2&icon_cat=6&york_cat=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021031151337/http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/picture/atarim/site_form_atar_eng.asp?site_id=147&pic_cat=2&icon_cat=6&york_cat=7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2002 |publisher=The Municipality of Jerusalem |access-date=24 April 2007 |title=Safra Square – City Hall}}</ref> The city falls under the [[Jerusalem District]], with Jerusalem as the district's capital. 37% of the population is Palestinian, but in 2014 not more than 10% of tax revenues were allocated for them. In East Jerusalem, 52% of the land was excluded from development, 35% designated for Jewish settlements, and 13% for Palestinian use, almost all of which was already built upon.<ref name=Thrall/>

In [[Oslo I Accord]], certain parts of few neighborhoods were allotted to the [[Palestinian Authority]]. Parts of [[Sur Baher]], Wadi al-Hummus, [[Umm Leisun inscription|Umm Leisun]] and [[Umm Tuba]], altogether came under [[Area A]], which is completely controlled by the Palestinian Authority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Unique Status of the Jerusalem Suburb of Wadi Hummus |url=https://jcpa.org/article/the-unique-status-of-the-jerusalem-suburb-of-wadi-hummus/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Al-Ram]] and [[Al-Ram|Dahiyat al-Barid]] are mostly in [[Area B]], where both Palestine and Israel has control.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Ar%20Ram_EN.pdf Ar Ram Town Profile], ARIJ, 2012, pp. 18-19</ref> Other parts of [[Beit Hanina]], [[Kafr Aqab]] and [['Arab al-Jahalin|Arab al-Jahalin]] also falls under Area B.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/beithanina.pdf Beit Hanina Town Profile], ARIJ, 2013, p. 16</ref><ref name="ARIJ">[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Arab%20al%20Jahalin_EN.pdf 'Arab al Jahalin Locality Profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ragson |first=Adam |title=Jerusalem's no man's land: Chaos and anarchy in the Kafr Aqab neighborhood |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalems-no-mans-land-chaos-and-anarchy-in-the-kafr-aqab-neighborhood/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>