Government ministers at first meeting
Government ministers at first meetingPhoto: Amos Ben Gershom

The Young Settlement Forum is launching a new campaign in which it urges Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Ministers Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, Orit Strock, and Yitzhak Wasserlauf to immediately resolve the Young Settlement issue and not wait 60 days for the government's decision.

The Young Settlement Forum “congratulate[s] the Prime Minister and the ministers for establishing a stable national right-wing government for the first time in years, and for introducing 'Young Settlement Regulation' into the coalition agreements."

They also add that "this is the time to approve the proposal of the decision-makers for regulation. The government's decision is already prepared, and over 25,000 residents of the young settlements in the winter months cry out for a resolution to their humanitarian needs and immediately enable the connection of all the young settlements to electricity, water, and other infrastructures."

"We call on the new ministers -- Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, Orit Strock, and Yitzhak Wasserlauf --who have proven that the good of the Land of Israel and the people of Israel are their top priority: there is no need to wait 60 days, there is no reason for another winter in which the 12,000 children of the young settlements will suffer the cold. It is in your hands", concluded the Forum statement.