The entrance to the city in the early sixties. On the left, you can see the Rabbi Kook Institution in Kiryat Moshe and on the right, the road leading to the city. This was taken when the capital only gathered about 180,000 people.
So innocent. So quiet and simple. Since then, the city’s population has grown to about 1,000,000 inhabitants. This blessed growth occurred in parallel with the development and growth of the entire country.
Today,in the center of the picture stands proudly the famous Chords Bridge. The green hills on the horizon are now concrete and cement known as Kiryat Moshe, as it undergoes constructions and urban renewal with Tama 38.
The Givat Shaul neighborhood is filled with densely packed concrete blocks, also known as apartment buildings, and the Romema neighborhood, on the right, is growing feverishly .
By 2048, 100 years since the establishment of the state, the country’s population is expected to double by means of natural demographic growth.
Every citizen should be entitled to a housing solution, which is a basic need and a fundamental right.
The equation comprising urban buildings and population growth versus quality of life and standard of living is very complex.
We hope the country leaders and institutions will remember that in every home and neighborhood, there are real people and children who grow and build their lives, dreams and world views.
The next generations should know that trees grow from the ground and are not a produced of IKEA.
It is a challenging and complex process whose success is the success of us all.
Shabbat shalom to the near and far.
The collection of photos is the courtesy of the late Yitzhak Saad.
