Around 20 directors-general of government ministries — including officials from the Defense Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office — tour Israel’s border with Jordan as part of work on a five-year plan to strengthen Israel’s presence along the border.
The tour of the Arava Valley and the West Bank’s Jordan Valley comes a day after the United Nations Security Council approved a resolution that envisions a potential “pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.” The Palestinian Authority has long claimed the West Bank as the territory of its state.
The government’s border plan, which will be submitted in January, is meant to bolster “settlement, national security and strategic presence along the eastern border,” according to a government statement.
The interministerial team is headed by the Defense Ministry Director General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram, Acting PMO Director General Drorit Steinmetz, and Settlement Ministry Director General Avi Meir.
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