The head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, David Elahayani, relentlessly excoriated the head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, during a Wednesday meeting of leaders of communities in Judea and Samaria with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Arutz Sheva learned that Elahayani was angry at Dagan, who called last week to replace Netanyahu with a different leader from the national camp if Netanyahu does not come to his senses and approve massive construction in Judea and Samaria.
"Mr. Prime Minister, I trust you with my eyes closed, but there is a council head here who is coming out against you, who is undermining you and the heads of the local councils in Judea and Samaria, and I am not hinting at him. They call him Yossi Dagan, and he cares only about himself," ambushed Elahayani.
The head of the Beit Aryeh local council, Avi Na'im, interrupted Elahayani and remarked that "everyone knows that you are shouting this way because it was decided to establish the Gandhi Commemoration Center in Samaria and not in the Jordan Valley."
Elahayani continued his criticism and turned to Netanyahu again: "He can not be attacking you and be invited by you to a meeting. What message do you convey, Mr. Prime Minister? He does not represent us and he is not part of us, don't embrace him in any way."
Later in the meeting, when Dagan protested Netanyahu's policy which, according to him, set quotas for Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria, he stressed that "there are many construction plans in Judea and Samaria that meet the rules approved by the cabinet and yet have been removed from the agenda and not approved." The Prime Minister rejected the statement about quotas and told Dagan that he was talking about concepts that do not exist.
Prior to the meeting between Netanyahu and the heads of the Councils, the Prime Minister held a limited meeting in which the Yesha Council chairman, Avi Roeh, the Secretary-General of the Amana Yesha building organization, Ze'ev Hever (the legendary Zambish) and the head of the Samaria Regional Council, took part. Yesterday Dagan met with the Prime Minister for a 20-minute private meeting, before the event in the Knesset marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Judea and Samaria.