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Kfar Saba dominates among Israeli cities in quality of life rankings - study

Jerusalem led the group in reported drinking water quality, and residents reported the fewest new cases of malignant tumors. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Night view of skyscrapers in the skyline of Tel Aviv, on July 6, 2025
How to Build a City That Lets Everyone Live Better.

How do you build a city that lets everyone live better? Real estate women respond

Who said urban planning is boring? At the "Women Build the Nation" panel, six senior women shared ideas on community, equality, and a new social contract, envisioning Israel in 20 years.

|ByWALLA/REALESTATE

Berlin on foot: Why free walking tours are the city’s best-kept secret

|ByMATTHEW KAYSER

Bika’at Ono aims High: Spotlight on Israel's most surprising region, as development surges forward

Who will build in the valley? Major event to reveal unknown facts about communities in Bika’at Ono - Central Israel’s fastest growing area

|ByLIAD VAKNISH, MAARIV

CEO of Saudi Arabia's megacity project The Line steps down amid project challenges

Nadhmi Al-Nasr’s successor, Aiman al-Mudaifer, currently head of PIF's Local Real Estate Division, will serve as Neom’s acting CEO.  

NOVEMBER 13, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Saudi CEO of NEOM Nadhmi al-Nasr speaks during the last day of the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 25, 2018.

Twinning with terrorists: Hamas seeks sister city pact with California city - opinion

Irvine would become the first municipality in the United States to participate in a twin-city program with Gaza.

OCTOBER 27, 2024ByBENJAMIN BAIRD
PALESTINIANS PERFORM Friday prayers in a damaged mosque in Gaza City.

German city sticks with Isfahan partnership that fired suicide drones at Israel

Ex-IDF spokesman, Iranian dissidents, and Nazi hunter urge Freiburg’s mayor Martin Horn to cut relations with Isfahan.

APRIL 20, 2024ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
An Iranian woman walks past election campaign posters in Naghsh-e-Jahan square in Isfahan

Egypt plans expansion of new capital as first residents trickle in

The new city is designed to serve as a high-tech model for Egypt's future, away from the clutter and chaos of Cairo.

JANUARY 4, 2024ByREUTERS
A general view of buildings and a mosque in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt, December 26, 2023.

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

Let’s take a little geographical galavant and see how certain cities came by their metropolitan monikers. 

OCTOBER 21, 2023ByRUTH BELOFF
Lights along the Champs-Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

Could 3D-printed wind turbines power Tel Aviv?

German researchers developed 3D printers to make vertical wind turbines, especially for urban environments.

MAY 14, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
The proprietary large-scale 3D-printer "HoneyComb3D" and one of its printed wind turbines.

Israeli municipalities threaten general strike over city tax plan

The clash between local authority leaders and government officials over what is known as the "Arnona Fund," which had been simmering for weeks, erupted on Sunday.

MAY 14, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities and Mayor of Modi'in Haim Bibas and head of the local authorities attend a protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, demanding better budgets, February 26, 2023.

Rodents beware: New York City hires first 'rat czar'

Mayor Adams, who has often expressed a deep hatred for rats, posted the job last year, seeking someone "somewhat bloodthirsty" and offering an annual salary between $120,000 and $170,000.

APRIL 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, US, November 21, 2020

German city freezes relations with Iran following relentless pressure

German-Iranian dissident: The move is ‘a big defeat for the Iranian regime but also for the appeasement policy in Freiburg’

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
An Iranian woman walks past election campaign posters in Naghsh-e-Jahan square in Isfahan

Plans for new Jordanian city raises concern among experts

Urban planning experts call on the Jordanian government to reconsider the plan, which they say is poorly thought out and a misuse of resources

JANUARY 20, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
A BUILDING SITE in Efrat. All of the projects that have been approved for Area C’s Jewish sector are on land that has already been slated for expansion of existing communities.