MKs Tour Gush Etzion: We Demand That Construction Resumes

Members of the National Union and the Jewish Home parties took a joint tour of Gush Etzion and Hevron on Wednesday.

During the tour, the Knesset members learned of how construction in Judea and Samaria can help the housing shortage in the entire country. The tour is the continuation of joint meetings held in recent months by members of both parties toward the establishment of a united party that will run in the next elections.

“This is the sixth meeting of the two parties, and today we decided to devote the day to a tour in Gush Etzion and in Hevron,” said Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Chairman of the Jewish Home who also serves as Minister of Science & Technology.

“We are suffering from the fact that the Prime Minister is still giving orders to freeze all construction in Judea and Samaria and in Jerusalem itself,” said MK Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz, Chairman of the National Union. “The result [of the freeze] is that the price of housing keeps going up.

“We see that the Arabs are building and the Jewish people are not allowed to build under the regime of Binyamin Netanyahu,” added Katz. “The prices doubled just because of him.”

Katz said that his party has one clear demand from the government: That it start building in Judea and Samaria.

Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi welcomed the MKs, saying, “We see great importance in the visit today, where members of Knesset see that there is discrimination between Jews, who are not to build on land that is owned by Jews, and Arabs, who build left, right and center without any planning and any permission.”

Revivi expressed hope that the MKs will be able to change Netanyahu’s position regarding construction in Judea and Samaria.

Source: israelnationalnews