“Globes”: The Ministry of Internal Affairs approved the increase in “arnona” in Rishon Lezion, Ra’anana, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

On January 1, 2026, council tax across the country will automatically increase by 1.63%, but more than 100 municipalities have submitted requests to increase the tax rate beyond this.

As Globes reports, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv have received permission to move newer buildings and neighborhoods from low to higher tariff zones, which will lead to tax increases of tens of percent for quite a number of residents.

In Jerusalem, we are talking about transferring part of residential buildings from the lowest tariff “Dalet” to the “Gimel” tariff, that is, by one tariff level. In Tel Aviv, residential buildings in the Dolphinarium area will be transferred from the 4th tariff to the 1st, the highest.

But the Haifa Ministry of Internal Affairs refused the same request. In the capital of the north, they wanted to transfer housing to a higher tariff in the areas of Ramat HaNasi, Neot Peres, Givat Zemer, Yitzhak Navon and Vardia HaHadasha.

Raanana received permission to increase the tax rate by 2.4% in connection with the construction of the metro. For the same reason, Rishon Lezion received permission to increase the arnona by 5.18%.