Palestinian-run buses serve some destinations in the city as well as Palestinian towns in the West Bank. This system is based out of the East Jerusalem Central Bus Station on Sultan Sulaiman Street. Palestinian buses also leave from outside the Damascus Gate.

Railway

Israel Railways operates train service to Southern Jerusalem with 2 stops: Jerusalem Malcha near the Malcha Mall and the Biblical Zoo. Very few trains stop at the latter stop. The line was out of use for seven years due to deteriorating conditions and was restored on April 9, 2005. Jerusalem Malcha is the new station a new stop replacing the historical Khan Station at Remez Square near the Old City.

In 2009, plans call for a new high speed train line to run from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem which will terminate at a new underground station under construction underneath the area between the Jerusalem Central Bus Station and the ICC (Binyanei HaUmah). There are further plans to extend the line from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station to the current Jerusalem Malcha Train Station, the terminus of the current historic (now upgraded) railroad.

There are also plans for a local light rail system. The first line is at its height of construction and will begin operating from Northeastern Jerualem to Southwestern Jerusalem in about three years.

Airports

Atarot Airport is Jerusalem’s airport but its use has been discontinued due to security concerns related to its location near the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Ben Gurion International Airport, 40km northwest of the city, serves as the primary international air transport hub for both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Sports

The most popular sport in Jerusalem is football. The city has two major teams, the yellow Beitar Jerusalem FC and the red Hapoel Jerusalem FC. Beitar plays in the Premier League, was 4 times Israeli champion (1986, 1993, 1997 and 1998) and has won the national cup 5 times. Hapoel currently plays in the Leumit or second league and has won one national cup, in 1973.

In basketball, however, Hapoel Jerusalem has the upperhand. In a league dominated by Maccabi Tel Aviv it never won a championship, yet twice won the Israeli Cup, in 1996 and 1997 and won the ULEB Cup in 2004. Also, a marathon is held in the streets of Jerusalem every year and the popular Jerusalem hike starts west of the city and ends in its streets.

The municipality, universities, schools, clubs and businesses operate over a thousand sport facilities throughout the city. The largest sports facility is the Kollek Stadium in Malcha, a football stadium with 12,000 seats. Major basketball games are held at the Strauss Arena.

Born in Jerusalem

Saint Angelus (Catholic saint)
Fathi Arafat (physician)
Suha Arafat (public figure)
Mili Avital (actress)
Yosef Avni (activist)
Chaim Joseph David Azulai (author)
Elisha Ben Abuyah (heretic)
Saeb Erekat (politician)
Yuval Gabay (drummer)
Mordechai Gur (general)
David Grossman (author)
Tzahi Hanegbi (politician)
Amira Hass (journalist)
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (commander)
Amin al-Husayni (public figure)
Eliahu Inbal (orchestral conductor)
Flavius Josephus (historian)
Yousef Al-Khalidi (politician)
George Khouri (murder victim)
Isaac Luria (scholar)
Raphael Maklouf (sculptor)
Al-Muqaddasi (geographer)
Nathan (son of David) (prince)
Yitzhak Navon (president)
Sari Nusseibeh (academic)
Amos Oz (author)
Natalie Portman (actress)
Ibn Qudamah (scholar)
Yitzhak Rabin (prime-minister)
Reuven Rivlin (politician)
Edward Said (literary theorist)
Sirhan Sirhan (murderer)
Ayelet Waldman (author)
William of Tyre (archbishop)
Yigael Yadin (archeologist)
A. B. Yehoshua (novelist)
Eli Yishai (politician)
Munib Younan (bishop)
Nissim Zeev (politician)
Rehavam Zeevi (politician)

Sister cities
New York City, USA
Toledo, Spain