Petah Tikva Petah Tikva is a city in the Center District of Israel. The city was founded in 1878. Read more about the city Municipality: Ha-Aliya ha-Shniya Tel. 03-9052850 The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"): Rothschild 72 Tel. *6050, 12226050 Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"): Histadrut 28 Tel. 03-9128800 The Ministry of Interior ("Misrad ha-Pnim"): Mohilever 6 Tel. 03-9123200, 03-9123210 Israel Tax Authority: Histadrut 26 "Mas Ahnasa": Tel. 03-9399444, 03-9399401, Fax. 03-9312228 "MAAM": Tel. 03-9394242, 03-9394215, Fax. 03-9348608, 03-9346476 Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing: Tel. 03-763277, 03-7632823 Beilinson Medical Center Tel. 03-9377377, 9376222 Schneider Children's Medical Center Tel. 03-9253210 ha-Sharon Medical Center Tel. 03-9372372, 03-9372339 Petah Tikva The distance (in straight line): to Jerusalem -  44 km to Tel Aviv -  10 km to Haifa -  82 km to Beer Sheva -  92 km