On Monday, 7/9/26, at 19:00 PMAn extraordinary event will be held at the Reali Ahuza Campus in the Zarmin Center: a comprehensive, data-based lecture by Hanan Markowitz, CEO of the Haifa Economic Society, which will deal with one of the most burning issues in the Israeli economy and space – the centralization of the country's center and the price we all pay for it.
The Center as a Trap: This is How National Dependence Was Created in the Dan Bloc
Markowitz will present in his lecture how long-standing government policy has led to the Dan bloc becoming an almost exclusive focus of human capital, high-tech industry, and investment. According to him, the result is a “center-of-the-country trap,” a situation in which the entire country relies on one region, in a way that creates national, economic, and social risk.
The lecture will reveal current data on transportation congestion, housing prices, investment gaps between districts, and the implications of centralization on the quality of life and Israel's ability to grow in a balanced and sustainable manner.
Haifa as a solution: The North's great opportunity
Alongside diagnosing the problem, Markowitz will also present the way forward and how Haifa has become a leading economic, technological and urban center in the north in recent years. The lecture will present new trends in the city's development, strategic investments in infrastructure, expansion of employment areas, and the establishment of innovative projects that attract high-tech companies, entrepreneurs and investors.
According to Markowitz, "Haifa is at a turning point. If we know how to seize the opportunity, it can become Israel's next growth anchor, one that creates national balance and reduces dependence on the Dan bloc."
A must-see event for anyone interested in Israel's economic future.
The lecture is intended for residents of Haifa and the north, business people, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and anyone who wants to understand what Israel will look like in the coming decade and what Haifa's role is in shaping this future.
when are: Monday, 7/9/26
Time: 19: 00
where: Room Center, Reali Ahuza Campus, D'Israeli St.
The peaks that waited - everyone receives news related to Haifa. There is no future for young people. Negative immigration. Unemployment. Drug addicts in large numbers in Hadar. Crime incidents in large numbers. In Neve Sha'anan, youth are afraid to sit and meet in public parks - Arabs are attacking and looting them. Pigs everywhere. The roads are a catastrophe. There is no one to build. It is difficult to find safe tenants to rent the apartments. And this is unfortunately only a drop in the ocean...
Unfortunately, Haifa is taking a step back.
Half of the city is not safe to walk around at night (and some during the day too)
Car racing that used to be in the coastal area is coming to Ab Khushi and the Carmel Center
An area with potential but no enforcement and heavy-handed people
The rioters enjoy a game of cat and mouse.
Poor service in the beach area, and again without enforcement, young people arrive with huge speakers and boots if the whole area hears, really stupidity that is not enforced