Constitution:
The Basic Laws of Israel
Legislation
Legislation Profile
"An Overall Reform in Planning and Construction Law", The Ministry of the Interior website, available at: http://bonim.pnim.gov.il/ToolsAndResources/information/NewsLetterSite/Pages/Corner072013.aspx (He)
Basic Law: The Knesset, Knesset website, available at:
http://main.knesset.gov.il/Activity/Legislation/Documents/yesod4.pdf (HE)
The Omnibus Law (December 2004), Knesset website, available at:
http://main.knesset.gov.il/About/Lexicon/Pages/hesderim.aspx (HE)
Websites
Employment Service website, About the Employment Service, available at: http://www.taasuka.gov.il/Taasuka/About/ (HE)
Local government in Israel, Knesset website, available at:
http://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/LocalAuthorities_eng.htm (EN)
The Constitutional Foundations of the State of Israel, Knesset website, available at:
http://main.knesset.gov.il/Activity/Legislation/Pages/BasicLawsAndConstitution.aspx (HE)
The Electoral System in Israel, Knesset website, available at:
http://www.knesset.gov.il/description/eng/eng_mimshal_beh.htm (EN)
The Forum of the 15, Local Sustainability Center website, available at:
http://www.kayamut.org.il/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA (HE)
President of Israel Website, The Institution of the Presidency in Israel, available at: http://www.president.gov.il/English/The_Presidency_In_Israel/Pages/PresidencyNew.aspx (EN).
Regional Development Center, Ministry of Economy, available at:
http://www.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/E762C6EB-07F9-4758-BB9A-2F05C9915A0D.htm (EN)
Tourist Sites under Local Authorities Jurisdiction, The State Comptroller and Ombudsman website, available at:
http://www.mevaker.gov.il/serve/showHtml.asp?bookid=583&id=96&frompage=41&contentid=11397&parentcid=11388&bctype=1&startpage=0&direction=1&sw=1600&hw=1130&cn=%E0%FA%F8%E9%20%FA%E9%E9%F8%E5%FA%20%E1%FA%E7%E5%EE%E9%20%E4%F9%E9%F4%E5%E8%20%F9%EC%20%E4%F8%F9%E5%E9%E5%FA%20%E4%EE%F7%E5%EE%E9%E5%FA (HE)
Volunteer Tourist Organisation, Ministry of Tourism, available at:
http://www.goisrael.gov.il/tourism_heb2/Tourist%20Information/Pages/Tourism%20associations.aspx (HE)
WaTech - Partnership Center, Mekorot website, available at:
http://www.mekorot.co.il/Eng/WaTech/Pages/default.aspx (EN)
About, Ministry of the Interior, available at:
http://www.moin.gov.il/Subjects/LocalGovernmentMap/Pages/About.aspx (HE)
About Galilee Development Authority, Galilee Development Authority website, available at: http://www.galil.gov.il/EN/?s=965 (EN)
About Us, Ministry of Environmental Protection website, available at:
http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/AboutUs/Pages/AboutUs.aspx (EN)
About us, Union of Local Authorities in Israel, available at: http://www.masham.org.il/English/Pages/AboutUS.aspx (EN)
History, Water Authority website, available at:
http://www.water.gov.il/Hebrew/about-reshut-hamaim/Pages/History.aspx (HE)
"Israel", CIA the World Factbook, available at:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html (EN)
Publications
Alterman, R. and E. Gavrieli, "Between Extreme Centralization and Hesitant Decentralisation" (2008), pp. 1-165, available at: http://primage.tau.ac.il/libraries/brender/booksf/2135702.pdf (HE)
Beeri, I., "Recovery of Poor Performing Municipalities in Israel: A Comparative Perspective in Light of the British Experience", Floersheimer Studies (2009), pp. 1-50. Available at:
http://poli.haifa.ac.il/~itaibeeri/images/stories/files/recovery_of_poor_performing_municipalities_in_israel.pdf (HE)
Bas-Specktor, S., "Social Rights and Personal Social Services in Israel", Knesset Research and Information Center, 21.10.2010, pp. 1-17, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m03158.pdf (HE).
Bas-Specktor, S. "Energy Re-Organisation in Street Lights in Local Authorities", Knesset Research and information Center, 12.2.2012, pp. 1-10, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m03049.pdf (HE)
Bassuk, M. and L. Detal, "The Local Authorities Budget Cut Was Cancelled – Property Tax Will Go Up; The Debate over the Security Budget Continues", Ha-Haretz website, 12.5.2013, available at:
http://www.themarker.com/news/1.2017928 (HE)
Berkovitz, I., "Rearrangement of the Relationship between Local Authorities and the Ministry of Education", Van Leer institute (2012), pp. 5-34
Ben Elia, N., "The Missing Link: Regional Government in Israel", The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies (December 2006), pp. 9-48, available at:
http://www.fips.org.il/Fips/Site/System/UpLoadFiles/DGallery/%E1%EF%20%E0%EC%E9%E0,%20%E4%E7%E5%EC%E9%E4%20%E4%E7%F1%F8%E4,%20.pdf (HE)
Ben Elia, N., "Israel's Corporatization of Water Supply and Sewerage Services: an Unresolved Reform", Floersheimer Studies (October 2009), pp. 1-56, available at:
http://www.fips.org.il/fips/site/system/UpLoadFiles/DGallery/%D7%91%D7%9F%20%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90,%20%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7%20%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D%20%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98%20.pdf (HE)
Blanck, I., and I. Rozen-Tzvi, "Municipalities Law Proposal: A Present without a Past, A Reform without a Future", Hokim journal (December 2009), pp. 1-72
Braver, E. et al., "Central Government, Local Government and Welfare Policy in Israel", Ministry of Social Affairs (November 2000), available at:
http://www.molsa.gov.il/CommunityInfo/SeniorStaffTraining/Documents/a14dd0b945df45f7bcfac235f1e68f07ShiltonMirkazi.pdf (HE)
Brada, M., "The status of internal auditing in Israel", The Knesset Research and Information Center 31.8.2005, available at:
http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m01391.pdf (HE)
Busso, N., "Reform in Planning: Local Committees will Receive more Power and will Step it up", TheMarker website, 21.6.2013, available at: http://www.themarker.com/realestate/1.2051980 (HE)
Charuti-Sover, T., "There is No Local Government in Israel – Only a Collection of 256 Authorities", Ha-Haretz website, 12.8.2012, available at: http://www.themarker.com/news/1.1799229 (HE)
Dagan-Bozaglo, N., "Aspects of Privatisation in the Education System", Adva Center (November 2010), pp. 3-30, available at:
http://www.adva.org/uploaded/hafrataedu.pdf (HE)
Detal, L., "Local Government Conference: Lapid: 'There is A Real, Structural and On-Going Problem between Government and Local Government", TheMarker 2.7.2013, available at:
http://www.themarker.com/misc/1.2061082 (HE)
Flaut, S., "The Water Economy in Israel", The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (July 2000), pp. 1-32, available at: http://www.iasps.org/hebrew/policystudies/ps47heb.pdf (HE)
Kaufman, D. and Y. Marom, "Evaluating Programs for International R&D cooperation in Israel", The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (May 2011), pp. 1-67, available at:
http://www.jiis.org.il/.upload/innovation_policy/jernitsos/%20RDresearch.pdf (HE)
Karbetry, M., "Environmental Committees in Local Authorities", Life and Environment Presentation, available at:
http://www.sviva.net/images/crabtree.pdf (HE)
Kenig, O., and Chen Fridberg, "The Cancelation of the Direct Vote Revisited", The Israeli Democratic Institute website 2.3.2011, available at:
http://www.idi.org.il/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%AA (HE)
Klain, E. and D. Nachmias, "Hok Ha-Hesderim: Between economy and Politics", IDI website (1999), available at:
http://www.idi.org.il/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7-%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D (HE)
Lis, J., "Knesset Okays Preliminary Reading of Controversial Bill that Would Make It Harder to Topple Government", Ha-Haretz website, 9.5.2013, available at: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/knesset-okays-preliminary-reading-of-controversial-bill-that-would-make-it-harder-to-topple-government.premium-1.519974 (EN)
Pundak, C., "Local government Following Hok-Ha-Hesderim: We will disconnect from the Water Corporations", Ha-Haretz website, 20.5.2013, available at:
http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/1,7340,L-3602887,00.html (HE)
Razin, E., "Local Government Reform in Israel: Between Centralization and Decentralization Between Traditionalism and Modernity", The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies (May 2003), p. 52, available at:
http://www.fips.org.il/Site/System/UpLoadFiles/DGallery/1-48adobe.pdf (HE)
Shmil, D., "Failed Management, unprofessionalism and huge excesses: All the difficulties on the way of the tram in Gush Dan", TheMarker website, 2.7.2013, available at:
http://www.themarker.com/dynamo/cars/1.2060830 (HE)
Specktor Ben-Ami, S., "Local Authorities in Israel", The Knesset research and Information Center, 17.4.2013, pp. 1-19, available at: https://www.knesset.gov.il/committees/heb/material/data/pnim2013-04-22-01.pdf (HE)
Rubinstein, A., "Local authorities: Main problems and alternative solutions to solve them", The Knesset Research and Information Center 7.7.2004, pp. 1-27, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m00900.pdf (HE)
Rubinstein, A., "Merger of local authorities – implementation follow up", Knesset Research and Information Center, 30.3.2005, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m01105.pdf (HE)
Shwartz, E. and E. Biton, "Describing and Analysing the Employment Policy in Israel", Knesset Research and Information Center, 31.10.2010, pp. 1-24, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m02704.pdf (HE)
Tal, O., "Appointed Committees (Va-Hadot Krohot)", Knesset Research and Information Center, 13.2.2008, available at:
http://www.knesset.gov.il/mmm/data/pdf/m02032.pdf (HE)
Tal, R., Feran, L. and Tamae Keinan, "The guide for local authorities 2013", pp. 1-63, available at:
http://www.transportation.org.il/sites/default/files/pirsum/madrich_larashuyot_web.pdf (HE).
Turjeman, S., "The Guide to the Escorting Accountant in the Local Authority" (2007), available at:
http://www.moin.gov.il/SubjectDocuments/Hvraa03.pdf (HE)
Decentralisation of Power to Independent Municipalities, Forum of the 15 website, available at:
http://www.forum15.org.il/art_images/files/53/mismachbizurmale.pdf (HE)
Designation and policy of the ministry of transportation, Ministry of Transportation, 13.3.2012, available at:
http://he.mot.gov.il/index.php?view=article&catid=18%3Aodotmisrad&id=2017%3Amedeneut&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=26 (HE).
"Employment Advancement in Local Communities", JDC Publication (2011), pp. 1-34
European Union funds, Tel Aviv municipality, available at: http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Cityhall/Pages/EUFunds.aspx?tm=69&sm=&side=518 (HE)
Final Report of the Regional Committee's Work – the Public Council, IDI website, 12.6.2002, available at:
http://www.idi.org.il/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA (HE)
"General", Accounted General, available at:
http://www.ag.mof.gov.il/AccountantGeneral/AccountantGeneral/AccountantGeneralTopNav/AGAbout/General/ (HE)
"Guidelines on the eligibility of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 for grants, prizes and financial instruments funded by the EU from 2014 onwards", Official Journal of the European Union 19.7.2013, available at:
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/israel/documents/news/20130719_guidelines_on_eligibility_of_israeli_entities_en.pdf
"Israel in numbers – 2009", Central Bureau of Statistics, available at:
http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/isr_in_n09h.pdf (HE)
"Local authorities in Israel – 2011", official government paper (June 2013), available at:
http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications13/local_authorities11_1531/pdf/h_print.pdf (HE)
"Municipalities act: Position Paper", Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy (December 2011), available at:
http://www.masham.org.il/Updates/Hakika/Documents/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7%20%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA.pdf (HE)
"Planning and Construction law Proposal 2010", Knesset website, available at: http://www.knesset.gov.il/committees/heb/docs/intenvcom/planningmain.htm (HE)
"Planning Institutions: Instructions and Procedures", Official Government Publishing, available at:
http://www.moin.gov.il/Publications/Mafamim2702.pdf (HE)
"Preparation Information Center for Climate Change in Israel", ICCIC report 1 (May 2012), available at: http://www.sviva.gov.il/subjectsEnv/ClimateChange/AdaptationKnowledgeCenter/Documents/ClimateChangeReport1_may2012_1.pdf (HE)
'Selected Data from the Statistical Abstract of Israel No. 63 – 2012', Central bureau of Statistics 11.9.2012, available at:
http:\www.cbs.gov.il\reader\newhodaot\hodaa_template.html?hodaa=201211239 (HE)
The local authorities' bill (elections) – 1975, Nevo, available at:
http://www.nevo.co.il/law_html/law01/p213_033.htm (HE)
"The National Plan for Energy Re-organisation 2010-2020", The Ministry Of Energy And Water Resources (July 2010), available at:
http://energy.gov.il/GxmsMniPublications/energy.pdf (HE)
"The Prosecution Policy of Local Authorities and their Officials on Environmental Protection", The Legal Advisor to the Government Instruction Paper (February 2007), available at:
http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/YoezMespati/HanchayotNew/Seven/41108.pdf (HE).
All the links to websites presented in this fact sheet have been last accessed in December 2013.
