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Tel Aviv planner-activists score crucial victory

Dec 18th, 2011 | By | Category: Lead Story

Neighborhood groups scored their most significant victory in recent memory today when the mayor agreed to a number of changes to the city’s new urban master plan.



Israel’s revolt against neoliberalism

Aug 13th, 2011 | By | Category: j14

Policies which were considered hopelessly radical just a few weeks ago are now seen as not nearly radical enough.



How to handle a popular upheaval

Jul 29th, 2011 | By | Category: Israeli summer

The Middle East’s dictators have already written their playbook, but what about the region’s quasi-democracies?



Bibi, urban planner in chief

Jul 21st, 2011 | By | Category: Netanyahu's reforms

Netanyahu is incapable of meeting tent protesters’ demands because he is wedded to a rigid, anti-urban ideology.



Talking about a revolution?

Jul 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured Articles

A tent camp in the middle of Tel Aviv is Israel’s answer to the ‘Arab Spring.’ 



Bike lane backlash

Apr 24th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured Articles

Insensitive planning and a lack of transparency have generated significant opposition to plans for bike lanes in Tel Aviv.



Tel Aviv’s skyline in 2025

Mar 21st, 2011 | By | Category: master plan

How the city’s new master plan will transform its skyline forever.



Participatory Budgeting in Tel Aviv?

Feb 6th, 2011 | By | Category: participatory democracy

City Council member suggests letting citizens decide how to allocate a portion of the city’s development budget.



New master plan falls short

Jan 23rd, 2011 | By | Category: Featured Articles

A comprehensive plan for Tel Aviv’s future is flat, unimaginative and out of touch with the city’s spirit and people.



Bedouin Village Al Araqib Demolished for the 10th Time

Jan 17th, 2011 | By | Category: Bedouins

Authorities: “We need to plant trees here to protect the land.”