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Tel Aviv was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones Date Process Result September 16, 2007 Good article nominee Listed January 19, 2008 Peer review Reviewed January 27, 2008 Featured article candidate Not promoted February 12, 2008 Featured article candidate Not promoted March 2, 2008 Peer review Reviewed March 30, 2008 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 4, 2008 Peer review Reviewed November 12, 2015 Good article reassessment Delisted Current status: Delisted good article

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Arabic Name

... has to be beside the hebrew. From WP:PLACE: "Relevant foreign language names (one used by at least 10% of sources in the English language or is used by a group of people which used to inhabit this geographical place) are permitted." Could someone who is competent, add it? --Severino (talk) 7:17 pm, Today (UTC+1)

There is no Arabic name except the Yafo/Jaffa name of the old city of Jaffa, which is already in the article. Itamarro (talk) 04:09, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Average high / Mean maximum temperature difference?

I am a bit confused because "average high" and "mean maximum" temperatures are very different for this city, but for me, these two expressions seem to mean the same. Could someone competent add a clarification about the difference between these two, preferably with citation?

Describing Tel Aviv's Popularity

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Description of suggested change: Change the description of the populous nature of Tel Aviv to sympathize with the ongoing genocide against Palestinians ^[1][2] and the unjust colonization of their land as a result of Zionism (the Wikipedia article discussing the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict literally describes this).^[3] I firmly believe that this information, even otherwise, is unnecessary to the description of Tel Aviv.

More specifically, change "If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem," to just "Tel Aviv is the most populous city," or just simply delete it entirely as this was already stated earlier in the article.

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If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.[a]

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Tel Aviv is the most populous city.

CarrotAsparagus (talk) 19:33, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: I don't see the correlation between that and a comparison of population statistics. I also don't see how describing the population of a city is unnecessary to an article about the city itself. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 20:53, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. "Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza". 5 December 2024.
2. "One-year of Israel's genocide against the Palestinians - Letter from the State of Palestine - (A/ES-10/1012-S/2024/719)".
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict

Mistake in infobox

Current view: "• City 495,600[1]

• Rank	2nd in Israel
 • Rank	12th in Israel" is non-sense.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.116.236.106 (talk) 15:54, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply] 

"Tel Aviv, Palestine" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Tel Aviv, Palestine has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 27 § Tel Aviv, Palestine until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:58, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This part should be deleted from the page:

"If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.[c]"

Arguments for why: East Jerusalem is not considered part of Israel under international law primarily because it was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, and its subsequent annexation has not been recognized by the United Nations or most countries. UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 478 call for Israel's withdrawal from occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, and condemn its annexation. The area is viewed as part of the Palestinian territories, with international law supporting the idea that it should become the capital of a future Palestinian state. The international consensus treats Israel’s control over East Jerusalem as an occupation. ~2025-31663-86 (talk) 10:16, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. Let’s keep Wikipedia to a neutral point of view. Besides, why would we remove information that shows how large a city is compared to others? NotJamestack (talk) 12:28, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]