Ma'aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel on Sunday night welcomed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman's decision to build 560 housing units in the city.
"This is a necessary step in order to allow our children have adequate housing in their hometown," he said, adding, “I thank them for their courageous and significant decision which is an important step towards the inclusion of the city of Ma'aleh Adumim as an integral part of the State of Israel.”