Ashdod Travelers guide

Ashdod | Good to know 36 thanks to the attractive housing possibilities. Adding to that was the inauguration of the highway to Tel Aviv in May of 1974, which significantly shortened travel time, and the inauguration of two additional power stations - Eshkol Gimel (3) and Eshkol Dalet (4) - which placed Ashdod fourth in Israel in terms of electricity supply. In the municipal elections held in 1983, Arieh Azoulay was elected Mayor of Ashdod. During his tenure (until 1989) Ashdod expanded to the south, towards the Nitzanim dunes, and Quarter Tet Vav (15) was built. On March 7th, 1984 an explosion shook Ashdod. It was the first terrorist attack in the city's history. A fragmentation grenade planted in a shopping basket blew up on an "Egged" No. 9 bus en route from the local market located on the shore to the city's neighborhoods. The Abu Nidal terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack, which took the lives of three city residents and was etched as a traumatic event in the city's collective memory. In March 1989 Zvi Zilker began his second term as Mayor of Ashdod, and remained in office until 2008. Since the 1990s there has been an accelerated growth in the city's population, with the arrival of many immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Ashdod began expanding to the south and east, and three residential Quarters were built in the Sands Park and in the north of the Great Dune . With the increasing need to make the city accessible to the center of the country in general and Tel Aviv in particular, the Israel Railways Tel Aviv-Ashdod line was inaugurated in June