20 April 2026 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Rishon LeZion (lit.: “First to
Zion “) is a city in
Israel , located along the central
Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of
Tel Aviv . It is part of the
Gush Dan metropolitan area . With a population of 259,275 as of 2024, Rishon LeZion is the
fifth-largest city in Israel.
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13 March 2026 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Habima Theatre (
Hebrew : Te’atron HaBima, lit. “The Stage Theatre”) is the
national theatre of
Israel and one of the first
Hebrew language theatres. It is located in
Habima Square in the center of
Tel Aviv .
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23 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, located in
Jaffa ,
Israel , is an independent
non-profit ,
non-governmental , and
non-political organization founded in 1996 by
Nobel Peace Laureate and former
President of Israel Shimon Peres . Its aim is to further Peres’ vision of people in the
Middle East working together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and development and people-to-people interaction.
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20 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Bat Yam is a city in the
Tel Aviv District of
Israel , on the
Central Coastal Plain just south of
Tel Aviv . It is part of the
Gush Dan metropolitan area . In 2023, it had a population of 131,099.
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9 November 2022 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Florentin is a
neighborhood in the southern part of
Tel Aviv ,
Israel , named for Solomon Florentin, a
Greek Jew who purchased the land in the late 1920s. Development of the area was spurred by its proximity to the
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway .
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7 September 2022 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Ramat Gan is a city in the
Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of
Tel Aviv and part of the
Tel Aviv metropolitan area . It is home to one of the world’s major
diamond exchanges, and many
high-tech industries. Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a
moshav shitufi , a communal farming settlement. In 2022 it had a population of 171,000.
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8 August 2022 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Ben-Gurion House is a
historic house museum in
Tel Aviv , which served as the family home of
pre-State Zionist leader and then first
Defense and
Prime Minister of
Israel ,
David Ben-Gurion , between 1931 and 1953. Until his death in 1973 it continued serving as an additional residence, along with two others, one private – “
Ben-Gurion’s hut ” at
Kibbutz Sde Boker in the
Negev (known as his desert home), and the official residence as
Prime Minister of Israel during his multiple terms as head of government. The latter, known as Julius Jacobs House, is located in
Rehavia ,
West Jerusalem . Ben-Gurion House is located at 17, Ben-Gurion Boulevard in northern
Tel Aviv .
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1 March 2021 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , House of the Month , Union for the Mediterranean
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Moshe Aviv Tower is a 235-metre-tall (771 ft)
skyscraper located in the demarcated area of the
Diamond Exchange District (
Israel Diamond Exchange ) on Jabotinsky Road (No. 7) in the
Tel Aviv District city of
Ramat Gan ,
Israel . The 68-story building is commonly known as City Gate, its original name. It is the
second tallest building in Israel , following
Tel Aviv ‘s 238-meter-high (781 ft)
Azrieli Sarona Tower .
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13 November 2019 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Yitzhak Rabin Center is a library and research center in
Tel Aviv ,
Israel , built in memory of assassinated Israeli prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin .
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