Talk:Tel Aviv

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Arabic Name

... has to be beside the hebrew. From WP:PLACE: "Relevant foreign language names (one used by at least 10% of sources in the English language or is used by a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place) are permitted." Could someone who is competent, add it? --Severino (talk) 7:17 pm, Today (UTC+1)

There is no Arabic name except the Yafo/Jaffa name of the old city of Jaffa, which is already in the article. Itamarro (talk) 04:09, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Average high / Mean maximum temperature difference?

I am a bit confused because "average high" and "mean maximum" temperatures are very different for this city, but for me, these two expressions seem to mean the same. Could someone competent add a clarification about the difference between these two, preferably with citation?

"Tel Aviv, Palestine" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Tel Aviv, Palestine has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 27 § Tel Aviv, Palestine until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:58, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 November 2025

This part should be deleted from the page:

"If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.[c]"

Arguments for why: East Jerusalem is not considered part of Israel under international law primarily because it was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, and its subsequent annexation has not been recognized by the United Nations or most countries. UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 478 call for Israel's withdrawal from occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, and condemn its annexation. The area is viewed as part of the Palestinian territories, with international law supporting the idea that it should become the capital of a future Palestinian state. The international consensus treats Israel’s control over East Jerusalem as an occupation. ~2025-31663-86 (talk) 10:16, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. Let’s keep Wikipedia to a neutral point of view. Besides, why would we remove information that shows how large a city is compared to others? NotJamestack (talk) 12:28, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Mistake in regards to Tel Aviv as the "original capital".

Articel claims:

"In 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in the city, with Tel Aviv named as the founding capital of Israel – a function it retained officially until 1950."

However it's quite simply false. Tel Aviv was never, officially, named as the capital of Israel, definitely not in the decalration of independence (https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/about/pages/declaration.aspx). Britannica is wrong; Israel had no declared capital before West Jersualem. The goverment was usure about which city should be the capital (mostly because the status of Jerusalem was unclear), and there were other cities that were considered besides Tel Aviv such as Haifa. There is an (obviously sourced) Hebrew wikipedia article that discusses the matter in length:

https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C

But the important point that there was no official goverment statament declaring Tel Aviv to be the capital at any point and later on, when West Jerusalem was secured, Ben Gurion is on record saying that Jerusalem is Israel's eternal capital and that the goverment's residence in the Kirya was nothing more than a temporary arrangment due to the war:

https://m.knesset.gov.il/About/Lexicon/Documents/jerusalem_bengurion1.pdf

"מאז כינון הממשלה הזמנית העמדנו הדאגה לשלומה, בטחונה וחיזוקה הכלכלי של ירושלים במרכז דאגותינו. בסערת המלחמה, כשירושלים היתה נתונה במצור, היינו נאלצים לקבוע זמנית מושב הממשלה בקריה, על-יד תל-אביב, אולם למדינת ישראל היתה ותהיה רק בירה אחת — ירושלים הנצחית. כך היה הדבר מלפני שלושת אלפים שנה, וכך זה יהיה, כפי שאנו מאמינים — עד סוף כל הדורות."

("Ever since the establishment of the Provisional Government, we have placed the care for the peace, security, and economic strengthening of Jerusalem at the center of our concerns. In the turmoil of war, when Jerusalem was under siege, we were compelled to establish the seat of Government temporarily in the HaKirya, near Tel Aviv. However, for the State of Israel, there has been and will be only one capital — Eternal Jerusalem. So it was three thousand years ago, and so it will be, as we believe — until the end of time") (Dec 1949).

While that is a retroactive statement that is only mlidly factual (as I said earlier, the question about the location of the capital was open), he wouldn't have made it if there was an official earlier statement that contradicted it - and indeed there was none.

However, one can say that it was de-facto Israel's capital, as most of Israel's goverment instituions sat there during this time period (if you count the Kirya as Tel Aviv, that is). I suggest changing the quote to reflect that instead - Tel Aviv being Israel's de facto capital during the period rather than the official one. בלוב01 (talk) 19:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

This matches what I have. Tel-Aviv is where the government sat for a short while, but it was never officially proclaimed as the capital. A source is Yossi Katz and Yair Paz, The Transfer of Government Ministries to Jerusalem, 1948–49: Continuity or Change in the Zionist Attitude to Jerusalem?, The Journal of Israeli History, Vol.23, No.2, Autumn 2004, 232–259. Zero^talk 12:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

I'm not capable of fixing it because the article is protected. Can you do that? בלוב01 (talk) 12:31, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

I changed it; is it ok now? Zero^talk 22:35, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Yea it's good now בלוב01 (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

East Jerusalem

In this statement: "If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel" How can we assume that a Palestinian City could be under Israeli control? ~2026-19612-77 (talk) 21:32, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree. The article for East Jerusalem indicates clearly that according to international law and the U.N., East Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. Deowcjrwhcicb (talk) 05:15, 4 August 2026 (UTC)