Israel's 2003 Plan for the Unification of Local Authorities

Abstract

This article discusses the 2003 plan to combine local authorities in Israel and its implementation. In the framework of this plan, 28 local authorities were unified into 12 authorities, including some in the non-Jewish sector, so as to reduce government expenditure and to enable the local authorities to function more efficiently. This article will show that while unification did not always achieve its goals, in nearly all the unified Jewish municipalities that did succeed success was outstanding; by contrast, all unifications in the non-Jewish sector failed.

Keywords:

• Israel
• local municipalities
• Arab municipalities

Notes

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