Dozens of vacant, dilapidated and disintegrating buildings are scattered throughout Tiberias, crying out for someone to rescue them. Uninhabited residential buildings, public institutions and precious historical sites.
Is it any wonder that Tiberias is not a thriving tourist city?
The Council for Preservation: “The buildings belong to the local authority or to private homeowners.”
The municipality: “We monitor all the buildings, and check the work of private entrepreneurs, conduct a conservation survey and approve building plans in accordance with the law.”
Professor Rachelle Alterman: Deserted buildings are a syndrom of a weak urban economic base.
