Weekly Updates 2026
Weekly Update 102
Three topics in this week’s newsletter. First is an alarming report from Hashikma!! Second, detailed information from a residents’ meeting held this week regarding the planned construction of public buildings on the dirt lot adjacent to the Country Club. Third, an
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This week, we held a busy City Council meeting (September 1, 2026). Almost every question, motion, or request I raise comes directly from you—from all neighborhoods and sectors. This is my duty and my public mission: to hold the administration accountable, demand g
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We’ve reached our 100th newsletter! 💯🏛️ On August 16, 2024, upon joining the council to replace Ziv Desheh, I published the first newsletter. Its purpose has remained clear and consistent: knowledge is a fundamental right in a democracy; knowledge is the power to effect change and pr
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Next week: Newsletter No. 100!! A special newsletter awaits you—one that every resident will want and need to read. So invite your friends. Here are the topics covered in this issue: Update—The council chair continues to refuse to publish the land agreement regarding the Langa compl
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Thank you for taking the time to respond to the survey I sent out. The results showed a very high level of satisfaction with the newsletter, and I appreciate the suggestions for improvement that I’ve already begun to implement—especially regarding the visual aspects. One suggestion w
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In this newsletter, I’m continuing to provide updates on the key issues that came up at the last council meeting, and I’m including the comments and questions I raised during the discussion. The last topic in this newsletter wasn’t discussed at the council meeting, and
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This newsletter will provide you with two reports from this week’s council meeting, and the rest covers what’s happening in the community. Next week, I’ll present additional topics discussed at the meeting. Here’s the summary. *For those interested: Clicking on a topic
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Well, This coming Tuesday, August 28, 2026, there will be a special council meeting. Below is the agenda, which includes various topics. You are invited to attend the meeting, which will take place at 6:00 p.m. on the fourth floor of the City Council building. Or you can watch the l
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This newsletter continues the update from the council meeting on July 7, 2026, and includes this week’s exciting announcement. Summary: 1. We voted in favor of expanding the Poah Daycare Center, which is owned by the council and currently has two classes, to include th
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A council meeting was held this Tuesday—these were the items on the agenda—all of which were approved. I’ll go into more detail about some of them below. I’ll continue with further details in next week’s newsletter. First topic: The council chair’s response to the sec
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This coming Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., the regular council meeting will be held in the conference room. Here is a link to the meeting agenda. You’re welcome to send me any questions about the items on the agenda—I’d be happy to ask them on your behalf. And mos
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There are two topics in this week’s newsletter. At the top of each topic, you’ll find the title, which also serves as a summary. Topic 1: Update on bylaw rates in accordance with Ministry of the Interior guidelines. These by-laws essentially form the basis for the fees
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This coming Tuesday, June 23, 2026, there will be a special council meeting. See the agenda here. First item: Renovation of the pedestrian mall has begun; the cost is 4 million NIS. Apparently, half is funded by the Ministry of Tourism and half by our local budget. Se
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Two topics in this week’s newsletter, and finally, congratulations to the 12th-grade graduates who finished this week. First topic: At the last council meeting, the coalition approved the cancellation of the public expropriation of an area adjacent to a historic buildi
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This week, the regular Council plenary session was held on the first Tuesday of the month. I was not present at this session because I was at the Bar Association conference in Eilat, where I spoke on a panel discussing attorney conduct (one of my areas of research). Seve
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A request from me to you—every week I post a summary of the newsletter and a link to the website in the Zichron Yaakov Facebook groups (and there’s an additional post in English). The goal is to reach as many residents as possible so they can read this important informat
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In this newsletter, I will continue to report on the issues raised at the last Council plenary session on May 12 and at the public information meeting regarding the filing of a plan to preserve and convert the Carmel Winery into a mixed-use neighborhood combining commercia
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Last Tuesday, a lengthy three-hour council meeting took place. Two of those hours were held behind closed doors—without cameras and without public access. The closed session was devoted to two topics, which I will report on in detail in the next newsletter. The next newsl
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This coming Tuesday, May 12, at 6:00 PM, a regular board meeting will be held. You are invited to come to the conference room on the fourth floor or watch the live stream. You can find the meeting agenda at the following link. Please review it, and if you have
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This newsletter and next week’s will focus on the budget. There’s no summary because it’s all about one topic. The headline of the budget: 257 million NIS are slipping through the cracks. The budget book we received includes details for the next three fiscal years: 2024,
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