Dov Zur (Hebrew: דב צור; born 1956) is an Israeli politician and the former mayor of Rishon LeZion.
[2] Zur was elected on November 11, 2008, beating Meir Nizan, who had served as mayor of Rishon Lezion for 25 years.
[4] He announced his retirement from the City Council subsequent to his loss[5] After becoming mayor of Rishon LeZion, Zur made efforts to cancel construction permits granted by his predecessor, for environmental considerations.
Zur promoted the construction of the Brown Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail, and offered to have Municipal authorities help fund the project.
[6] As part of a real-estate corruption investigation, on December 3, 2017, Tzur was detained for 8 days, on suspicion of accepting bribes, conspiracy to commit a crime, fraud and breach of trust.