The Defense Ministry's Civil Administration Judea and Samaria for is considering expanding the jurisdiction of the Binyamin Regional Council to include the hill known as Geulat Zion in the Shiloh bloc, according to a Thursday report by Haaretz. The expansion is required to allow the construction of a new settlement.
Sources familiar with the details stressed that the signing of the expansion requires the approval of the political leadership. Another source emphasized that the decree extending the jurisdiction has not yet been signed, but the council has already "started the ball rolling" on the possibility of establishing a community on the hill.