'Thwarting a Palestinian state'
Planning Committee approves thousands of new homes
The Planning Committee is expected to approve over 5,300 new housing units in Judea and Samaria. Another 500 units will be approved to go on market.
The Planning Committee is expected to approve over 5,300 new housing units in Judea and Samaria. Another 500 units will be approved to go on market.
'Our enemies seek to harm us and weaken our hold on the land, and our message is exactly the opposite,' Finance Min. Smotrich says.
Decision to add hundreds of housing units 'further establishes the vision of Efrat as the capital of the Gush Etzion bloc and the protector of Jerusalem from the south,' Mayor Oded Revivi says.
The city of Netivot, near the Gaza border, has seen the most housing units purchased over the past three months of any city in Israel.
MK Yomtob Kalfon called for the advancement of 400 planned housing units in Jewish-minority regions of Jerusalem.
Government announces tenders marketing land for construction in Judea Samaria communities, Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.