Periphery

L’Oréal and Yozmot Atid launch entrepreneurship program for women in periphery

Launching in July, the program will train 30 women through a hands-on entrepreneurship course. “Beauty goes beyond aesthetics – it drives confidence, inclusion and life change.”

Eli Sagiv, Tsofit Gordon, Shani Cohen and Ariela Yaari.
CLICK & CONNECT initiative

Bridging the distance with one click

Meuhedet inaugurated the Re'em Medical Center in Rehovot in the presence of the President of the State

Meuhedet inaugurated the Re'em Medical Center in Rehovot in the presence of the President

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.

Israel to build new international airport in Negev, PMO announces


Bar-Ilan initiative aims to address health needs in disadvantaged Galilee

The incubator's efforts to bring greater health care to the Galilee are important, as the region has been known to lack many of the health services available to Israelis living in the center.

Mount Adir, in the upper Galilee

Bikurim Youth Village creates artistic opportunity for Israel’s periphery

The Village, which was established in 2014, “began as a family project or really, as kind of a wish or a dream,” according to its co-founder, Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen.

BIKURIM OFFERS a curriculum that focuses on performance and composition capabilities.

The social and geographic periphery: First to pay, last to benefit?

The corona crisis exposed the unhealthy state of Israeli society and further underscored the gaps between the country’s center and its periphery.

An emphasis on making a profit could undermine the breadth and depth of Israel's postal service – jeopardizing delivery to towns in the geographic periphery [Illustrative]

Israel: Ignored transportation failures and forgotten traffic jams

An advanced and suitable “intra-periphery” transportation infrastructure is a timely necessity.

An illustration of the Tel Aviv light rail Purple Line.

KKL-JNF’s project to develop Negev and Galilee into economic oasis

Everyone knows that the Galilee and the Negev should be Israel's economic growth engines in the coming years

DANIEL ATAR, KKL-JNF chairman

Don’t label us a periphery

The time has come for a genuine national plan that will offer those living in “the periphery” something more than just shortening the time they are stuck in traffic.

Overhead view of Beersheba

KKL Head Daniel Atar: Gaps between periphery, center continue to deepen

Daniel Atar noted that while the State of Israel is considered one of the leading countries in the field of technology, 93% of high-tech is based in Tel Aviv.

Danny Atar, head of KKL, speaks at the Maariv 2019 Conference

Third of Israelis in the periphery do not feel safe and consider moving

40% of Israelis living in the northern and southern periphery areas don't feel safe, a new survey published by the Knesset's Research and Information Center found.

Rocket strike on Tuesday

New hospital approved for Beersheba to enhance healthcare to periphery

The decision marks the most concrete action taken on the matter since September 2014, when the government decided on a multi-year plan to develop the south and establish a new public hospital.

Shimon Peres Hospital planned to built in Beersheba

Largest hospital in Israel to be built in Beersheba, if approved

The expansion of the area which the city can develop would allow the construction of a new hospital and a new industrial zone for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)