Mayors and Displaced Residents of Localities in the North of Israel Discuss Strategies to be Undertaken “the day after” the October 2023 War Ends.

A report published this week by the Office of the Israel State Comptroller includes an important chapter on the issue of gender equality in local authorities.

The evacuation of residents from the border areas of the Gazan Strip and the North of Israel since October 7, 2023, has created “a new spatial order.” Like Origami, Israel has become a country with a different social and spatial texture than that prior to the “folding.” The refiguring that occurred has far-reaching implications on the lives of persons evacuated as well as on the absorbing municipality and its inhabitants.

The term “Gaza Envelope” came into usage 20 years ago. The area was all but abandoned in the recent state budget: the per capita amount approved for 2023 and 2024 was lower by 31% than that of 2022

The Interior Ministry Recognizes Mayoral Advisors on Gender Equality as Key Officials and Puts Them Back to Work

Arab society is part and parcel of Israeli society and it should be represented and discussed in the daily media reports about the virus that all Israelis follow so closely

The report presents the latest figures available on central government financing of local authorities. The report shows that Non-Haredi Settlements continue to benefit from the largest government subsidies

The report offers a fresh look at the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Israeli society and confronts two different national agendas, and two Israeli settlement projects: The Development Towns and The Settlements in the Occupied Territories

Introduction to some of the major national and ethnic groups in Israel, as well as a glimpse into some of the major political and economic issues

The level of public services in local authorities is dictated to a great extent by the central government rather than by elected local officials