Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant was presented the Settlement Notable award on Monday from the head of the Beit El local council, Shay Alon.
Accepting the award, the retired general said, "One must say in a loud and clear voice: The realization of Zionism in the Land of Israel is the settlement in Judea, Samaria, the Jordan Valley, the Arava, the Negev and the Galilee, wherever there is settlement and there is agriculture, there will be security. This is the secure formula proven by Zionism for the last 120 years [in general] and in the last 50 years in Judea and Samaria as well."