Nazareth Illit is a majority Jewish development town built next to the larger Arab city of Nazareth, famously known as Jesus’ hometown. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never ...

Tayoon said the group surveyed a sampling of the 9,000 Arab Israeli residents of Nazareth Illit and found that the focus of their desire was a government-funded Arab Israeli school. There are ...

But today, Nazareth Illit, which was conceived and developed by Israel’s first generation of leaders explicitly to counter the majority Arab presence in this part of Israel, is in reality an ...

Leading religious-Zionist MKs held a special meeting in the city of Nazareth Illit this week, and called on idealistic families to move there. Mar 13, 2023. ... Israel National News; ...

Nazareth Illit was established by Israel's first prime minister David Ben Gurion in the late 1950s, just three kilometers (about two miles) and a 10-minute drive from Nazareth, ...

The suspension of Nazareth Illit Mayor Shimon Gapso was extended by five months Sunday, as he awaits verdicts in two bribery cases against him. He was initially suspended from his duty in March ...

A letter to my Palestinian Arab Israeli partners in Nazareth Illit: I too grew up in a country where the symbol on the national flag was from a religion other than mine. I too grew up in a country ...

NAZARETH ILLIT, Israel — Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his campaign speech with an unusual apology: He would speak in Hebrew. Seated before Olmert in a sweltering community hall were ...

NAZARETH ILLIT, Israel — This hilltop city has placid parks, broad avenues, low crime, a fancy mall and trash collection three times a week — all very nice and neat, and by design, slightly dull.

Founded in 1957 by then-prime minister David Ben Gurion, Nazareth Illit is home to 40,000 residents, some three-quarters of them Jewish, and one-quarter Arab. Nearby Nazareth is home to 76,000 ...