News Brief
12/2/2009, Kislev 15, 5770
Ministers Refuse to Participate in Construction Freeze
Environment Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) and Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) have refused a request from the Defense Ministry to assign inspectors to help enforce the government’s recent ban on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria.
Army Radio reported that the Ministry of Agriculture, headed by Minister Shalom Simhon (Labor), consented to the request and agreed to allocate 20 inspectors to enforce the government policy.