Editing Tel Aviv (section)

==Government==
{{see also|Mayor of Tel Aviv|Mayoral elections in Tel Aviv}}
[[File:20200812_113741_Tel_Aviv-Yafo_City_Hall_and_Rabin_Square_anagoria.jpg|thumb|[[Tel Aviv City Hall]] and [[Rabin Square]]]]
Tel Aviv is governed by a 31-member city council elected for a five-year term by in direct proportional elections,<ref name="govt">{{cite book |last=Encyclopædia Britannica Staff |title=The New Encyclopædia Britannica |year=1974 |page=66 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpZpY9plD7AC&q=tel-aviv+city+council |isbn=978-0-85229-290-7 |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409161144/https://books.google.com/books?id=YpZpY9plD7AC&q=tel-aviv+city+council |url-status=live }}</ref> and a mayor elected for the same term by direct elections under a [[two-round system]]. Like all other mayors in Israel, no [[term limits]] exist for the Mayor of Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24646 |title=Is There a Connection Between Corruption and Term Limits in Local Government? |publisher=The Israel Democracy Institute |date=2018-10-18 |access-date=2022-03-05 |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218135659/https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24646 |url-status=live }}</ref> All Israeli citizens over the age of 17 with at least one year of residence in Tel Aviv are eligible to vote in municipal elections. The municipality is responsible for social services, community programs, public infrastructure, urban planning, tourism and other local affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/human/index.htm |title=Social Services Administration |access-date=29 March 2008 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426095713/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/human/index.htm |archive-date=26 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/education/community/centers.htm |title=Community Life |access-date=29 March 2008 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526023203/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/education/community/centers.htm |archive-date=26 May 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/Tourism/Information/Index.htm |title=Tourism |access-date=29 March 2008 |publisher=Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302120451/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/Tourism/Information/Index.htm <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=2 March 2008}}</ref> The Tel Aviv City Hall is located at [[Rabin Square]]. [[Ron Huldai]] has been mayor of Tel Aviv since 1998.<ref name="govt"/> Huldai was reelected for a fifth term in the 2018 municipal elections, defeating former deputy [[Asaf Zamir]], founder of the Ha'Ir party.<ref name="ToIWootliff">{{cite news |last1=Wootliff |first1=Raoul |last2=ToI staff |title=Tel Aviv mayor fends off deputy, cruises to fifth term |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-mayor-fends-off-deputy-cruises-to-fifth-term/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=31 October 2018 |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208162858/https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-mayor-fends-off-deputy-cruises-to-fifth-term/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Huldai's has become the longest-serving mayor of the city, exceeding [[Shlomo Lahat]]'s 19-year term.<ref name="ToIWootliff" /> The shortest-serving was [[David Bloch-Blumenfeld|David Bloch]], in office for two years, 1925–27.

Politically, Tel Aviv is known to be a stronghold for the left, in both local and national issues. The left wing vote is especially prevalent in the city's mostly affluent central and northern neighborhoods, though not the case for its working-class southeastern neighborhoods which tend to vote for right wing parties in national elections.<ref>Haviv Rettig Gur, [http://www.timesofisrael.com/what-the-20th-knesset-says-about-israeli-society/ The 20th Knesset — parliament of a splintered, tribal Israel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509122619/http://www.timesofisrael.com/what-the-20th-knesset-says-about-israeli-society/ |date=9 May 2015 }}, ''The Times of Israel'', 6 April 2015</ref> Outside the [[kibbutz]]im, [[Meretz]] receives more votes in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shiner |first=Doron |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/how-they-voted-see-israel-election-results-by-city-sector-1.269923 |title=How they voted: See Israel election results by city/sector |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |access-date=14 June 2010 |archive-date=21 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721225236/http://www.haaretz.com/news/how-they-voted-see-israel-election-results-by-city-sector-1.269923 |url-status=live }}</ref>