Shadow City Council
Apr 30th, 2010 | By Jesse Fox | Category: Featured ArticlesKey parts of the city’s decision-making process remain concealed from the public.
Key parts of the city’s decision-making process remain concealed from the public.
Tel Aviv’s affordable housing plan remains on paper, while rents continue to rise.
This month, Tel Aviv’s derelict Old Central Bus Station became history. The much-maligned New Central Bus Station may soon follow suit, while a New New Central Bus Station is still in the planning stages.
After a difficult summer, intense public pressure convinced Israel’s government to partially suspend its anti-foreigner crackdown.
Photo by Oren Ziv, courtesy of Activestills.org. This past weekend, a couple friends and I helped four Sudanese families move out of Tel Aviv. We rented a van (which of course broke down mid-move), loaded up their possessions along with some furniture donated by several kind people, and set off for Nazareth, Hadera and Ashdod – [...]
A dramatic plan that would change the face of Tel Aviv is likely to be approved, despite the adamant opposition of residents and charges of sloppy and unprofessional planning.
A few days after T and S, refugees from South Sudan, had their first daughter, they were forced to leave Tel Aviv. By Florentine Lempp.
This week, Israel began arresting foreign workers and asylum seekers. A photo essay.
Israel’s new point man on refugee issues spouts some pretty shocking opinions in an interview with Haaretz.
I recently joined the Tel Aviv Bicycle Association, an organization that advocates for bike-friendly planning in the city.