Possibility of a new Jewish city near Jerusalem
A private land owner has a dream to be made reality:
Motti Kugel is working towards making his dream of a new city, moments away from Jerusalem, a reality – despite a jungle of bureaucratic red tape.We've got to hope that he can get past this stupid red tape to develop something that could be a real breath of fresh air.
Kugel, a land developer who has been involved in reclaiming land in Judea and Samaria for 20 years, told Arutz Sheva, "the only obstacle to starting construction on this land lies in the technical and bureaucratic process necessary to complete the process of formal land-transfer."
"We've had a long, complicated and complex journey due to the fact that the land was acquired from Arabs," Kugel said. "Now all that remains is to complete transfer, which is stuck in the bureaucracy of the security services. It sounds ridiculous, but this is the reality."
"The land was legally acquired by us from a private owner and is now our private property,” Kugel said of the 1,600 dunams (400 acres) he wants to develop – which can accommodate some 10,000 housing units.“With a little will from the requisite ministries we could break ground on construction tomorrow.
"But because of the technical procedures of the security forces, we have been stuck for years and years. No one is driving the bureacracy and the wheels are spinning. This project is stuck while the public housing crisis only worsens,” he said.
