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


Screenings down south

The 16th Cinema South Film Festival celebrates Israeli cinema set in the periphery.

AVI KUSHNIR stars in ‘Ewa.’ (Courtesy)

Rates of cancer in periphery higher than average

Israel Cancer Association says half of cases can be avoided.

Cancer cells

New multi-year plan for higher education: Investment, internationalization

The new program also places a heavy emphasis on minimizing educational gaps and addressing national priorities.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett discussing the new multi-year higher education plan.

Teens work to bridge gaps in the periphery through volunteering

Participants earn leadership skills, professional training and scholarships.

Bridging the gaps in the periphery through volunteering.

Finance Committee authorizes tax breaks for periphery

Residents of 402 towns will now receive the benefit, as opposed to 182 previously.

Protests against proposed changes to the criteria for periphery residents to receive tax benefits, October 2015.

Knesset panel okays plans to allot NIS 300m. for development in periphery

Plan calls to fund the second phase of a student village in Sderot and to expand the civil resilience network within the city.

Arye Deri

Periphery towns to strike over frozen tax break changes

Nearly 200 towns in the North and South will stop all municipal services, including garbage collection, but not schools, for one day.

Protests against proposed changes to the criteria for periphery residents to receive tax benefits, October 2015.

Litzman, Galilee mayors clash over funds for health services

The meeting, held in the municipality office of Safed Mayor Ilan Shohat, was called to discuss health disparities between the center of the country and the periphery.

Ya'acov Litzman, the deputy health minister

Atidim Stars go from periphery to IDF elite

The atidim stars program aims to bridge the socio econimic gap and bring youth from periphery into elite IDF units.

IDF soldiers storm a target during the ground incursion into Gaza

Additional benefits for industry in Sderot and Gaza envelope approved

Israeli-made goods that are manufactured in the Sderot and Gaza envelope region will be entitled to a 20 percent preference in the price criterion.

An Israeli boy looks at a burnt paint factory in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.