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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Report says government advancing plan to establish new Jewish community near Gaza
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
The National Planning and Building Council has advanced a plan to establish a new Jewish community near the Gaza border.
The proposal has reportedly been pushed by Likud’s Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman against the views of her professional staff, who argued that precedence should be given to existing towns that were ransacked during the October 7 Hamas onslaught.
But Silman pushed back during the planning council meeting, saying that it is the “Zionist position” to back such projects that help expand Israel’s hold on the land, Haaretz reports.
