Smotrich arrives in the north - heads of authorities refuse to meet with him - voila! Of money. "When the Minister of Finance approves the transfer of the money to the North, we will be happy to sit down with him.
Right now there is no point," says one of them. Smotrich's disapproval of promoting the northern rehabilitation plan which was budgeted for NIS 3.5 billion. Promotion of the plan is delayed despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise to the authorities that it will be submitted for government approval at the end of January.