In recent years, urban regeneration policy in Israel has relied largely on market-based mechanisms to deliver its goals, seemingly in keeping with neoliberal trends. Whereas, in previous decades, the construction and renovation of housing was facilitated primarily by state-run projects, current urban regeneration policy relies heavily on private actors – developers and homeowners – motivated by profit and the allocation of building rights. In this article, we argue that while this policy appears to be consistent with neoliberal trends, the Israeli government, as well as the public, in fact continue to view urban regeneration as a project of national significance, deserving of public funding if market forces should prove inadequate. We describe the unique characteristics of urban regeneration policy in Israel, arguing that they derive from ‘moral economy’ logic as well as geopolitical considerations such as national security and commitment to the periphery. We make this argument by examining urban regeneration in the country’s geographical and economic ‘periphery’, where the state is expected to finance and incentivise regeneration in the absence of market incentives. We conclude that even in a supposedly heightened neoliberal era, Israel’s regeneration policy continues to be centralised and driven by national objectives and centre–periphery relations that reproduce the country’s path-dependent development trajectory.

近年来，以色列的城市更新政策在很大程度上依赖于以市场为基础的机制来实现其目标，这似乎与新自由主义趋势保持一致。过去几十年，住房的建设和翻新主要由国营项目推动，而当前的城市更新政策在很大程度上依赖于受利润和建筑权分配驱动的私人参与者——开发商和房主。在本文中，我们认为虽然这一政策似乎与新自由主义趋势一致，但以色列政府和公众实际上继续将城市复兴视为具有国家意义的项目，如果市场力量应该得到公共资金支持证明不足。我们描述了以色列城市更新政策的独特特征，认为它们源自“道德经济”逻辑以及地缘政治考虑，例如国家安全和对外围的承诺。我们通过检查该国地理和经济“边缘”的城市更新来提出这一论点，在缺乏市场激励的情况下，预计国家将资助和激励城市更新。我们得出的结论是，即使在一个所谓的新自由主义时代，以色列的复兴政策仍然是集中的，并受到国家目标和中心-边缘关系的驱动，这些关系再现了该国依赖路径的发展轨迹。在缺乏市场激励措施的情况下，预计国家将资助和激励再生。我们得出的结论是，即使在一个所谓的新自由主义时代，以色列的复兴政策仍然是集中的，并受到国家目标和中心-边缘关系的驱动，这些关系再现了该国依赖路径的发展轨迹。在缺乏市场激励措施的情况下，预计国家将资助和激励再生。我们得出的结论是，即使在一个所谓的新自由主义时代，以色列的复兴政策仍然是集中的，并受到国家目标和中心-边缘关系的驱动，这些关系再现了该国依赖路径的发展轨迹。