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The think tank helping to shape Jerusalem’s reality

10/06/2020

The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research is an independent think tank founded in 1978 by then-mayor Ted...

Mapping Netanyahu’s annexation plan: Experts explain a charged, complex process

10/06/2020

Ex-officials tasked with similar challenges in past lay out the complexities of drawing up borders; US-Israeli map comm...

Opinion: West Bank Annexation Is Doomed to Fail. Just Look What Happened in East Jerusalem

04/06/2020

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Why are so many government bodies still located outside of Jerusalem?

03/06/2020

Today, five years after the due date, many such bodies remain outside of the capital. Moreover, the Strate...

Pollster: East Jerusalem Palestinians feel increasingly alienated from Israel

01/06/2020

After steady rise in residents who said they’d prefer Israeli to Palestinian citizenship, last 5 years see that figure ...

Two Years In, Israeli Plan for East Jerusalem Slowly Brings About Change

21/05/2020

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Jerusalem’s Flourishing Tech and Startup Scene

20/05/2020

Wendy Singer i24News: Jerusalem Day ...

Jerusalem tech startup scene has grown 102% since 2012

20/05/2020

The capital’s 405 companies have raised total investments of $1.6b. Jerusalem also has the highest business survival ra...

Changing lifestyles in response to the Corona pandemic

15/06/2020

Valerie Brachya | The’ New Normal’ after Covid-19: Governments seem to be missing the point. This is a moment of change which could be ha...

Press Release: Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem

17/05/2020

More women in hi-tech, more tourists than in any other city, a decrease in immigration balance, and at least 16 companies researching COV...

Coping with the Coronavirus in East Jerusalem, May 2020

09/05/2020

The spread of the Coronavirus in East Jerusalem, and the response to it on the part of East Jerusalem civil society and the Israeli and P...

Join Us on Feb 17th: The Arab Spring | Trump’s plan

30/01/2020

Spring or Autumn? The Arab Spring and its Implications for Arab Christians in the Holy Land | Jerusalem is a significant compon...

October 2019 Newsletter

05/10/2019

New Arabic Website and the Tour to Belfast ...

The Strong Impression that Belfast Made on Me

29/09/2019

A Personal Journey – From Jerusalem to Belfast and Back How does a rehabilitati...

The Jerusalem Institute’s Arabic Website is now live

17/09/2019

The Arabic-language website is part of an intensive effort to express the Institute’s actions through a new website, which went live in J...

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Yair Assaf-Shapira

Researcher

Expertise Fields:

Jerusalem Metropolitan
Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook
population and Society
Statistics and Data

Dr. Amnon Ramon

Senior Researcher

Expertise Fields:

Jerusalem History
population and Society

Dr. Maya Choshen

Senior Researcher

Expertise Fields:

Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook
population and Society
Public Service in Local Authorities
Statistics and Data
Urban Planning

Israel (Lulik) Kimhi

Senior Researcher

Expertise Fields:

Tourism
Urabn Geography

Prof. Glenn Yago

Senior Director, Milken Innovation Center

Yamit Naftali

Researcher and Manager of International Research

Expertise Fields:

Circular Economy
Economic Research
Innovation

Lior Schillat

Director General

Expertise Fields:

Jerusalem Metropolitan
population and Society
Statistics and Data

Steven Zecher

Senior Researcher

Expertise Fields:

Capital Market Strategies
Community Development
Housing
Policy Research
Regional Development

Tehila Bigman

Researcher

Expertise Fields:

East Jerusalem
Islam
population and Society

Sarit Bensimhon-Peleg

Deputy Director General for Research

Expertise Fields:

Evaluation Research
Governance
Philanthropy and the Third Sector
Policy Research

Murad Natsheh

Researcher

Expertise Fields:

East Jerusalem
Information Systems
Urban Planning

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