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Motti Malka is the current mayor of the southern [[Israel]]i city of [[Kiryat Malakhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kkl.org.il/kkl/english/main_subject/environmental_quality/kkl-jnf%20celebrates%20world%20environment%20day.x|title=KKL-JNF Celebrates World Environment Day|publisher=[[Jewish National Fund]]|accessdate=2008-10-20}}</ref> Malka is a member of the 'Mayors for peace network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers_e0906.pdf|title=New memebers of mayors for peace network|publisher=Mayors for peace|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref> An organization which aims to promote peace at a local, and civil society level across the world. |
Motti Malka is the current mayor of the southern [[Israel]]i city of [[Kiryat Malakhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kkl.org.il/kkl/english/main_subject/environmental_quality/kkl-jnf%20celebrates%20world%20environment%20day.x|title=KKL-JNF Celebrates World Environment Day|publisher=[[Jewish National Fund]]|accessdate=2008-10-20}}</ref> Malka is a member of the 'Mayors for peace network'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/topic/list/newmembers_e0906.pdf|title=New memebers of mayors for peace network|publisher=Mayors for peace|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref> An organization which aims to promote peace at a local, and civil society level across the world. |
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Following a [[2009]] ruling by [[rabbi]] [[Yosef Shalom Elyashiv]], that [[Shabbat elevators]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3782981,00.html|title=Rabbi Elyashiv bans elevators on Shabbat|publisher=[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]|accessdate=2009}}</ref> are a violation of [[Kashrut]], the municipality of Kiryat Malakhi feared a rapid rise in the [[Charedi]] community. In response to this Malka and the city engineer launched a plan to entice young [[secular]] couples to the city, centraly through a new 'secular-only' [[apartment]] blocks in the city. The planned neighbourhood will include 2800 apartments, 530 [[cottages]] (being built largely for [[Gush Katif]] evacuees), eight [[kindergartens]], an [[elementary school]], a [[high school]], a youth cultural center, religious institutions, a [[commercial center]], a park, a [[playground]], a clinic and two [[daycare centers]]. The neighbourhood is also being planned as a luxury development with an apartment in the project is expected to cost up to [[NIS]] 800,000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3818587,00.html|title=Rabbi Secular only neighbourhood planned for Kiryat Malakhi|publisher=[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]|accessdate=2009}}</ref>The development will be among the first of its kind in Israel. |
Following a [[2009]] ruling by [[rabbi]] [[Yosef Shalom Elyashiv]], that [[Shabbat elevators]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3782981,00.html|title=Rabbi Elyashiv bans elevators on Shabbat|publisher=[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]|accessdate=2009}}</ref> are a violation of [[Kashrut]], the municipality of Kiryat Malakhi feared a rapid rise in the [[Charedi]] community. In response to this Malka and the city engineer launched a plan to entice young [[secular]] couples to the city, centraly through a new 'secular-only' [[apartment]] blocks in the city. The planned neighbourhood will include 2800 apartments, 530 [[cottages]] (being built largely for [[Gush Katif]] evacuees), eight [[kindergartens]], an [[elementary school]], a [[high school]], a youth cultural center, religious institutions, a [[commercial center]], a park, a [[playground]], a clinic and two [[daycare centers]]. The neighbourhood is also being planned as a luxury development with an apartment in the project is expected to cost up to [[NIS]] 800,000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3818587,00.html|title=Rabbi Secular only neighbourhood planned for Kiryat Malakhi|publisher=[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]|accessdate=2009}}</ref>The development will be among the first of its kind in Israel. |
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Revision as of 12:17, 20 December 2009
Motti Malka is the current mayor of the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Malakhi.[1] Malka is a member of the 'Mayors for peace network'.[2] An organization which aims to promote peace at a local, and civil society level across the world.
Following a 2009 ruling by rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, that Shabbat elevators[3] are a violation of Kashrut, the municipality of Kiryat Malakhi feared a rapid rise in the Charedi community. In response to this Malka and the city engineer launched a plan to entice young secular couples to the city, centraly through a new 'secular-only' apartment blocks in the city. The planned neighbourhood will include 2800 apartments, 530 cottages (being built largely for Gush Katif evacuees), eight kindergartens, an elementary school, a high school, a youth cultural center, religious institutions, a commercial center, a park, a playground, a clinic and two daycare centers. The neighbourhood is also being planned as a luxury development with an apartment in the project is expected to cost up to NIS 800,000]].[4]The development will be among the first of its kind in Israel.
He was first elected in the Municipal elections of 2003,[5] beating the Likud incumbent by a conformatable margin. In the municipal elections of 2007 Malka was reelceted with 84% of the vote for the Kadima party.,[6]
References
- ^ "KKL-JNF Celebrates World Environment Day". Jewish National Fund. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "New memebers of mayors for peace network" (PDF). Mayors for peace. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "Rabbi Elyashiv bans elevators on Shabbat". Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Rabbi Secular only neighbourhood planned for Kiryat Malakhi". Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Likud lose control in major cities". Haaretz. Retrieved 200e.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Malkha retains control in Kiryat Malakhi". Retrieved 2008.
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