The inspectors overseeing the freeze in home construction by Jews in Judea and Samaria will widen the scope of their activity this week and begin paying visits to outpost communities as well.
Meanwhile, the heads of the settlement movement in Judea and Samaria are vowing to broaden the extent of the protest and resistance to the inspections, and to make sure building does not stop.
A committee headed by ministers Ehud Barak and Benny Begin is to hold its first working session Sunday. The committee was established with the purpose of monitoring the implementation of the freeze order, with an eye to easing the pressure on the Jews affected by it. It is expected to grant special exemptions and to make changes in the wording of orders, among other things. The committee was established following a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the leaders of the settlements last week.
The Prime Minister's Office stated that the committee would “look into ways of implementing the order with maximal consideration of the life requirements of the settlers and adherence to cabinet decisions.”
Arutz Sheva's Knesset reporter Hizki Ezra reported Saturday evening that the Barak-Begin committee already held an initial meeting over the weekend.
Settlement leaders vowed last night to carry out an “uncompromising” struggle against the construction freeze, both in the political sphere and in the arena of public opinion. MK Uri Ariel said at a gathering on the subject that the opponents of the freeze must not be overconfident. “Let us not delude ourselves and the public, nor the nation of Israel,” he said. “Heavy pressure must be exerted on the decision makers, the parties. They are where the pressure should be applied and anything that will serve this purpose should be done.”