Mediterranean coastal metro opposite Jerusalem's highland politics; Ben Gurion is Israel's main air bridge.

Compact, high-skill metro at the core of Gush Dan.

Global cybersecurity, dual-use tech, and startup density far above city size.

Defense-industry and intelligence-adjacent ecosystem with wartime exposure.

De facto commercial-diplomatic face of Israel alongside Jerusalem's formal capital role.

Secular-cultural counterweight to Jerusalem rather than a global holy city.

Twentieth-century Zionist coastal city now central to Israel's security-tech story.