Periphery

From ‘city of camels’ to Israel’s new dream: Beersheba reinventing itself under Mayor Danilovich

For Ruvik Danilovich, one of the easiest ways to measure Beersheba’s transformation is in distance.

Beersheba Mayor Ruvik Danilovich with philanthropist Sylvan Adams, who pledged $100m. To help rebuild Soroka Media Center after it was hit by an Iranian missile in the 12-Day War.
Tel Aviv city hall

Israel: Deficit in 38% of authorities, 16% in "critical" financial condition

Eli Sagiv, Tsofit Gordon, Shani Cohen and Ariela Yaari.

L’Oréal and Yozmot Atid launch entrepreneurship program for women in periphery

CLICK & CONNECT initiative

Bridging the distance with one click


Amid COVID-19, US volunteers help teach children in Israel's periphery

Issrael's periphery is filled with disadvantaged communities, who can struggle with the shift to remote learning.

Israeli students arrive to school, at a high school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020.

Israeli peripheries and non-central areas to get better cellular network

"The peripheries around Israel are national destinations and therefore need advanced infrastructure and full cellular coverage."

Two arab boys sit on the Street with their phone seen near Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City on October 5th, 2016.

Bar-Ilan initiative aims to address health needs in disadvantaged Galilee

The incubator's efforts to bring greater health care to the Galilee are important, as the region has been known to lack many of the health services available to Israelis living in the center.

Mount Adir, in the upper Galilee

Bikurim Youth Village creates artistic opportunity for Israel’s periphery

The Village, which was established in 2014, “began as a family project or really, as kind of a wish or a dream,” according to its co-founder, Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen.

BIKURIM OFFERS a curriculum that focuses on performance and composition capabilities.

The social and geographic periphery: First to pay, last to benefit?

The corona crisis exposed the unhealthy state of Israeli society and further underscored the gaps between the country’s center and its periphery.

An emphasis on making a profit could undermine the breadth and depth of Israel's postal service – jeopardizing delivery to towns in the geographic periphery [Illustrative]

Israel: Ignored transportation failures and forgotten traffic jams

An advanced and suitable “intra-periphery” transportation infrastructure is a timely necessity.

An illustration of the Tel Aviv light rail Purple Line.

KKL-JNF’s project to develop Negev and Galilee into economic oasis

Everyone knows that the Galilee and the Negev should be Israel's economic growth engines in the coming years

DANIEL ATAR, KKL-JNF chairman

Don’t label us a periphery

The time has come for a genuine national plan that will offer those living in “the periphery” something more than just shortening the time they are stuck in traffic.

Overhead view of Beersheba

KKL Head Daniel Atar: Gaps between periphery, center continue to deepen

Daniel Atar noted that while the State of Israel is considered one of the leading countries in the field of technology, 93% of high-tech is based in Tel Aviv.

Danny Atar, head of KKL, speaks at the Maariv 2019 Conference

Third of Israelis in the periphery do not feel safe and consider moving

40% of Israelis living in the northern and southern periphery areas don't feel safe, a new survey published by the Knesset's Research and Information Center found.

Rocket strike on Tuesday