Israeli municipality merger of 2003

In 2003, Interior minister Avraham Poraz proposed a merger of over 200 municipalities. The plan was later reduced to between 60 and 70 municipalities. Ultimately, only 11 mergers took place.^[1] In 2008, two of the merged municipalities, Carmel City and Shaghur, were dissolved by the Knesset.^[2][3] A similar proposal to dissolve Baqa-Jatt failed, but was later approved in 2010.^[2][4]

The mergers were heavily criticized within the Arab and Druze sectors.^{[citation needed]} The merger initially included a merger of five Druze councils, called City of Five, which included Abu Snan, Julis, Kafr Yasif, Yanuh-Jat and Yarka. The joint municipality elected a mayor in the 2003 municipal elections, but was dissolved by the Knesset after eight months in 2004.^[5][6]

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• Baqa-Jatt (merger of Jat and Baqa al-Gharbiyye)
• Binyamina-Giv'at Ada (Binyamina and Giv'at Ada)
• Carmel City (Daliyat al-Karmel and Isfiya)
• Kokhav Ya'ir (Kokhav Ya'ir and Tzur Yigal)
• Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (Modi'in and Maccabim-Re'ut)
• Shaghur (Majd al-Krum, Deir al-Asad and Bi'ina)
• Kadima-Tzoran (Kadima and Tzoran)
• Yehud-Monosson (Neve Monosson and Yehud)