The national 'City without Violence' program has been chosen as the Israeli government's as well as the Ministry of Public Security's flagship program for coping with anti-social behavior, violence , delinquency and crime.

All of the programs, the projects, the activities and the attempts conducted on the local authority level in those subjects; will all be operated under the wide category of the "City without Violence" program.

The program is a multi-disciplinary system-wide program, dealing with all types of violent situations, crime and anti-social behaviors occurring in the city. Within the authority, the program is led by the head of the authority in cooperation with all the organizations and mechanism active in the city's social field (enforcement, welfare, education, absorption and more).

The aim of the program is to intensify the residents' sense of personal security, by establishing a synchronized and effective alignment (lead by the head of the authority) which combines all of the civic efforts with all the police endeavors made on this subject. 

The Israeli Government National Program in Cooperation with the Friendship Fund
The program is led by the ministerial committee on a national level, for the purpose of fighting violence. The program is run by a national steering committee, comprised of the representatives of all government ministries dealing with social issues (including: The Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, the Ministry of Immigration Absorption, the Ministry of Pensioner Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and more), as well as the representatives of the Friendship Fund. The committee, headed by the Director General of the Ministry of Public Security with aid from a professional staff which guides, leads and sees through the implementation of the program within the cities, as well as criticizing it.
The program is funded by the Israeli government via the Ministry of Public Security, the Friendship Fund headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstien and the local authorities participating in constructing a budget aimed at the implementation of the program. In addition to the basic budget, the program is also pooling further municipal resources aimed at coping with violence and crime, so that in actuality- there is a municipal perception and municipal program; all in one all encompassing, integrative project.
The Friendship fund, headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstien, is active in promoting social issues and dealing with Israel's central social problems. Following the implementation of the program, the fund joined in as the Israeli government's central and main partner for the implementation of the program and the allocation of a wide range of resources, all for the sake of the program's success.

From a Local to a National Program
The model was developed by Dr. Orly Innes, A doctor of Sociology and the head of the national staff, in 2004 at the city of Eilat, where it has been operating since. On the heels of the program's success in minimizing the violence and crime rate in the city, and on the heels of the increased need for a system-wide fight against the country's growing violence phenomenon, the ministerial committee for the battle against violence has decided during its conference on September 25, 2006, to adopt the "City without Violence" as a national and nationwide model for fighting violence within the scope of the local authorities. Today, the program is operated in 78local authorities across the country. The ministerial goal is to expend the "City without Violence" program to as many local authorities within Israel as the budget and ability constraints would allow.

A Different, Innovative and Unique Program
The uniqueness of the "City without Violence" program lays in its great complexity and its ability to generate a combination of the overall factors within the authority, into one consolidated work force. The assumption at the basis of the program is that in order to deal with violence effectively, we are required to provide an all encompassing and holistic solution rather than to focus on one element or one particular population. The change unit is therefore the whole city (rather than just one neighborhood or school).
During the learning, planning and developing processes conducted in Eilat, the scope and severity of the various phenomena were revealed. As a response, the necessary development needs and changes were defined.

Enlisting all the Municipal Alignments
In order for such a program to be successful, the city's management is obligated to cooperate with the various systems operating within it, in placing the program at the head of their priorities; and working tirelessly towards making the necessary changes, raising the resources and implementing the various activities.

A Universal Model Suitable to Every Local Authority
The main contribution of this development is the creation of a methodology which enables the various communities to make use of this model in order to conduct a local diagnosis, build a work program, and implement it while using a variety of tools that were developed during this process. The combination between an obligating leadership and working according to professional, measurable parameters ensures the creation of change. The results of the program speak for themselves.

In 2010, the program was expended to 66 authorities and was operating in 78 local authorities across the country. In 2011-2012, more authorities joined the program and it is currently operating in a total of 98 local authorities in the country.