Government holds meeting on rehabilitating the north, but only 3 ministers show up, and nobody from the north is invited

Only three ministers show up for what has been billed by the government as a “special meeting” on efforts to rehabilitate the war-battered north, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not in attendance, Ynet reports.

After the issue was removed from this week’s cabinet meeting, with today’s meeting announced instead, only ministers Avi Dichter, Ze’ev Elkin and Amichay Eliyahu are participating, the report says.

Hebrew media says the meeting isn’t being held in the north, and no northern mayors or residents have been invited.

Northern mayors have long fumed at what they view as insufficient government attention and help for communities that have been continuously hit by Hezbollah attacks and alarms for several years, with many residents having left and businesses closed.