Jehuda Haddad

The data speak for themselves: there are 2,383 hi-tech companies in Tel Aviv, whereas in all the other nine cities, including Jerusalem, Herzliya, Haifa and Ra’anana there are only 2,311 companies.

Israel’s transportation problem causes a decrease in the economy’s productivity, an immense waste of resources, as well as air pollution.

The engineering and social education that we, in academia, are instilling today, will create a better future for the city of Ashdod by expanding the financial opportunities.

Now, when elections are underway, we must ensure a social budget, a budget mainly focused on education and narrowing gaps

We need a national plan that will require industrial plants in Israel to upgrade to smart plants.

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

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

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.

Higher education and training are the thresholds for entering the labor market and for gaining occupational mobility, and they also contribute to social cohesion.

With the appropriate policy it will be possible to narrow social gaps, increase social equality and promote social mobility in Israel.