Tel-Chai Nation

The Israeli government did the right thing and approved a few more hundred housing units in Judea/Samaria:

Israel’s Ministry of Housing published on Thursday new tenders for the construction of hundreds of housing units in communities across Judea and Samaria, the Israeli daily, Ma’ariv reports.

The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Housing published tenders for the construction of housing units in Adam (62); Alfei Menashe (112) and Oranit (111), according to the Israeli daily.

Several Samarian communities are also slated for new construction, with Ariel growing by 195 units, Immanuel by 50 and Ma’ale Ephraim, 44. Beitar Illit in Gush Etzion will increase by 14 units.

Prime Minister Netanyahu had announced the Ariel housing units last month, just a day after the double terror attack at the Ariel Junction that claimed the lives of First Sgt. Gal Qeidan and Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger.

“These terrorists will not uproot us from here – the exact opposite will happen,” he vowed. “Tomorrow, we’ll begin construction on some 840 units in a new neighborhood, one that I approved two years ago.”

Echoing a well-known biblical passage, Netanyahu said, “Our answer is simple: the more they afflict us, the more we will increase (in numbers) and the more we will spread.”

This is another positive step, and another proper response to jihadists who cannot be allowed to have their way.

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