Israeli ministers on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a new project tobuild 350 settler units in the Beit El settlement near the West Banklink city of Ramallah.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana,Education Minister Yoav Gallant and Regional Cooperation Minister OfirAkunis along with Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin and other Knesset membersparticipated in the ceremony to build the new settlement units, accordingto Israeli Channel 20.
“Settlements and land of Israel are more important than any person or anypolitical situation,” Edelstein, who is a member of the ruling Likud Party,told the ceremony.
Gallant, for his part, said his government has solidified Jewish settlementconstruction in the Beit El settlement, which he described as an “Israelicity where ancestors lived”.
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The Israeli government has approved the construction of the new 350 settlerunits in Beit El settlement at the end of 2020. – Anadolu Agency
