Religious Zionism Party Registers 800 Families for Negev and Galilee Settlement Plans
Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba
The Religious Zionism party has registered 800 families for settlement initiatives in Israel's Negev and Galilee regions. The plan, spearheaded by Minister Bezalel Smotrich, aims to establish new communities and increase the Jewish population in these areas. The party intends to replicate settlement successes from Judea and Samaria, with the goal of settling an additional million Jews. The initiative involves establishing new settlements, farms, and housing solutions, with the first phase of family registration now complete.
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- 800 families registered for Religious Zionism's settlement plans in the Negev and Galilee.
- The initiative aims to settle an additional one million Jews in the Negev and Galilee.
- The plan includes establishing 40 new settlements and dozens of farms.
- Minister Bezalel Smotrich aims to replicate settlement successes from Judea and Samaria.
- The party plans to counter development in Arab communities in the region.
The Religious Zionism party announced on Thursday that 800 families have registered for its settlement initiatives in the Negev and Galilee regions. Of these, 424 families expressed a preference for the Galilee, 196 for the Negev, and 180 indicated interest in both areas. This initiative is part of a broader plan to increase Jewish presence in the Negev and Galilee, which involves establishing 40 new settlements and dozens of farms, expanding existing communities, and creating hundreds of thousands of housing solutions. The plan aims to settle an additional one million Jews in these regions.
The first stage of the plan, which involved gathering interested families from across the country, has been completed with the 800 registrations. The next phase will focus on organizing these families into settlement groups, followed by the actual establishment of the new settlements. This process is currently in a mapping and preparation stage.
Minister of Finance and Minister in the Ministry of Defense Bezalel Smotrich stated that the party intends to replicate the settlement "revolution" achieved in Judea and Samaria in the Negev and Galilee. He emphasized the urgent need to address the situation in these areas and urged support for the Religious Zionism party in upcoming elections to ensure the plan's success. The party also intends to counter what it describes as "irresponsible plans" approved in recent years for Arab communities, which they claim have taken over large tracts of land and threaten Jewish development in the region.
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