Agriculture Minister Uri Arie l(Jewish Home) welcomed the housing units approved by the government last week but prefers to wait and see the actual construction begin.
In an Arutz Sheva interview, Ariel said that "we are in a tough period which requires a major change. We have seen housing units approved in the past but when you look at what happened to those permits, you find that hardly one unit has been started. There are all kinds of technical delays and I hope the matter will be sorted out."