Jewish Home not waiting for Netanyahu

Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/3/17

[Eleutheria5]

While the Prime Minister has yet to approve construction of a new town in Samaria for the 42 families evicted from Amona, despite his promise to do so, the Jewish Home party is already laying the groundwork for the new community.

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel proposed Sunday to set aside 70 million shekels ($18,940,000) for construction of the new town, while giving the Binyamin Regional Council, the local authority, permission to undertake the project.

In the proposal, Ariel cites the government’s compromise agreement with Amona residents in December of last year, according to which a new community will be built in the Shilo bloc of Samaria and will be incorporated as part of the Binyamin Regional Council.

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[Piranha]

Seems like a good idea. I like Netanyahu; he is a survivor, he acts for the good of Israel, and he is a strategic thinker. But he has been battered down so much by decades of American executive hostility, especially during the last eight years, that I think a little cajoling to remind him that Israel has greater discretion to take actions in its own interest, is in order.