The high-tech park in the heart of the Be'er Sheva Innovation District/Diego Mittelberg
In light of the understanding that strengthening and saving the south these days is a national mission to save the State of Israel: Rubik Danilovich, the mayor of Beer Sheva, formulated an operative plan, at the center of which the city will become a metropolis of half a million inhabitants.
The main goal: to create a southern anchor city, strong and established that will be a center of attraction for new populations and will provide all the services to the surrounding settlements in the Negev and the entire south.
The State of Israel must produce the new Israeli dream, the vision to which we will all be committed and mobilized.
The main points of the program are detailed below.
"The State of Israel has been captive for decades to a wrong conception, which endangers its future and its existence in the region. If we continue to persevere in a trend that is mindlessly crowding the Gush Dan area and burden it until it collapses, if the governments of Israel all continue to 'sanctify' it and wink at the young people that this is the area of demand that is worth living in , we will lead with our own hands and with our policy to one populated, dense and congested area in Israel - the Dan Block, while at the same time we are emptying the north and the south - the most important land reserve for the establishment of the State of Israel. This is a social, security and economic danger, which we bring upon ourselves," Danilovich explained.
The plan conveys a clear message to the state's captains and also to the residents of Gush Dan, after the harsh warning we received on October 7: the south and the north are the national unity of the State of Israel, this national unity must not be thin and fragile, it must be strong and solid.
If God forbid it crumbles, the next step will be with you.
A historic factory of the aerospace industry will be established in the city
As part of the strategy to develop Beer Sheva as the metropolis of the Negev, last Thursday the cornerstone was laid for a new factory for the aerospace industry, which will be built in Beer Sheva with an investment of more than NIS 100 million and will employ 500 workers.
The factory will be part of the Elta Division of the Aerospace Industry, which is engaged in the development of airborne radar systems, intelligence systems on mission planes, electronic warfare systems, communication systems, and more. The factory's products are at the forefront of global technology in the fields of robotics and ground autonomy, terrestrial radar systems, such as Drone Guard for locating and disrupting drones and radars for border protection.
The cornerstone laying event for the Alta/PR factory
In his remarks last week at the Elta cornerstone laying ceremony in the Innovation District in Beer Sheva, Danilovich emphasized: "The future is in the Negev, here are the land reserves of Israel. We have no other place. There is a lot of talk about the fact that the State of Israel was captive in the conception, the political issue, the security issue And the military. We are prisoners of a terrible concept from the day this country was founded, when we concentrate the majority of the residents of the State of Israel in Gush Dan and we do not understand what a dangerous message this is."
"The State of Israel needs two more large, strong, well-established metropolises, certainly when we are talking about the Negev and the South. If the South is emptied, we will not have a country. It will be impossible to hold this country within such a small radius of Gush Dan. We saw what happened to us in - October 7. Our country must be strong in all ways: security, economic, social, communal and the message must be come to the south, create from the south, create jobs. Combine knowledge with human capital."
The main points of the program
Immediately implement plans and projects that have been stalled and delayed for a long time and are ready for implementation: strengthening security and governance;
The new hospital and Kiryat HaTsouva next to it;
Fast trains and light rail of Beer Sheva - suburban;
Returning the tax benefits immediately to the residents of Beer Sheva;
Making a decision on Nabatim as a secondary airport for Israel and turning Yeman Field into a small airport.
The concentration of knowledge, technology and the defense industries in Beer Sheva and the Negev and providing incentives to the large companies to develop many employment centers with high wages.
Tourism - releasing barriers, encouraging and creating tourist complexes and centers in the Negev and speeding up the construction of the tourist park "Negev Park" in Beer Sheva-Bnei Shimon in an international format (near the Medbarium and Sde Yemen airport).
The acceleration and completion of the intelligence and ICT development as a technological anchor attracts huge companies and start-ups from Israel and the world.
Strengthening education, culture and leisure for the benefit of a rich and high-quality life.
The recipe for real national resilience
Danilovich repeatedly emphasizes the dramatic importance of the benefits and incentives that the state must give to Beer Sheva, if it wants to attract and absorb hundreds of thousands of new residents.
"The tax benefits for Be'er Sheva are a game-changer and it was already agreed with the Minister of Finance (before the war) on legislation on the subject and the return of the tax benefits to the residents of the Negev capital. In addition, large incentives and giving priority to companies for the development of new and large employment anchors. The state must broadcast a new message to young people and immigrants - Beer Sheva, the Negev and the South are Israel's new demand area. This is the next thing, which they will come to out of choice and out of a desire to fulfill themselves and touch their personal and national dream."
"These are the elements that will strengthen our country economically, socially, security-wise and infrastructurally. They are the only real answer to addressing the cost of living, solving the housing crisis, and above all, distributing the right and proper population throughout the length and breadth of our country."
Danilovich concludes and says that "we must change the perception and establish completely different priorities with huge budgets over the years in strategic and practical plans, which will oblige every government: South and North strong, high-quality and standing economically, socially and security in their own right, otherwise our survival and existence in the region will be very challenging and problematic ".
"We must ask ourselves as a country what we learned from October 7, in all aspects: security and geographical. Are we going to change the perception as required for the continuation of our eternity and existence in the Land of Israel, or will we again miss the opportunity to create a real change that is so much requested. We do not have the The privilege to miss and to miss because it would be irresponsible to cry out that we have learned nothing. The requested change is our right to exist."
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