"This is a dramatic government decision, unprecedented in terms of deepening the Israeli settlement of Judea and Samaria," said the Yesha Council.
Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved 22 new Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, including two that were uprooted during the 2005 Gaza disengagement, Yesha Council leader Israel Ganz revealed on Tuesday.
“This is a dramatic government decision, unprecedented in terms of deepening the Israeli settlement of Judea and Samaria,” stated Ganz, whose Yesha Council represents the approximately 500,000 Jewish residents of the area.
“Led by Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich, together with Defense Minister Israel Katz—and with the support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all government ministers—the Israeli government has decided to establish 22 new towns in Binyamin, Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley,” he said.