In February, Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barkat, was on his way to City Hall when he spotted an 18-year-old Palestinian wielding a knife. The teenager had just stabbed an Orthodox Jew and appeared to ...

Renewed proposal for an emirate that recognizes the Jewish state was positively received by Economy Minister Nir Barkat this ...

Nir Barkat, Israel's economy minister, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

Nir Barkat, a member of the Knesset, is not a household name in the U.S. or Israel, despite his two terms as mayor of Jerusalem. Now a member of the main opposition party, Likud, Barkat has never ...

Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari — one of the most influential leaders in Hebron, the West Bank’s largest region — urged Israel and ...

Nir Barkat, former mayor of Jerusalem and current member of Israel's Knesset, warned that Iran poses too big of a threat to Israel for the Jewish state not to take action.

Nir Barkat (R) with an unidentified Likud official after signing his registration form for the Likud party primaries on January 14, 2019. (Courtesy) ...

Likud Economy Minister Nir Barkat apologizes for saying he had ‘more important things’ to do than watch freed hostage Eli Sharabi’s testimony.

A Nir Barkat campaign event in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/ Times of Israel) Speaking to a crowd of party activists gathered in Tel Aviv, ...

How Nir Barkat runs Jerusalem A Times of Israel reporter takes a morning jog with the mayor, days before 25,000 runners are to descend on Jerusalem for annual marathon.

MK Nir Barkat (Likud) presented his economic program on Wednesday to turn Israel into one of the 10 “strongest economies in the world” within a decade, amid speculation that the former ...

Economy Minister Nir Barkat is fighting the dairy monopolies by increasing to 5,050 tons the quota of imported cheeses to Israel. Minister of Industry and Economy Nir Barkat on Tuesday told 94FM ...