The meeting that will take place today is being boycotted by some of the heads of the authorities. About 80,000 of the north's residents have been evacuated from their homes for six months.
"What is happening With the treatment of the residents of the North, it's a disgrace," says one of the head of the local authorities. The meeting of the leaders of the Forum of the Line of Conflict in the North is scheduled to take place at noon in Nazareth. The plan that will be presented to the authorities today by the Prime Minister's Office will include the establishment of five new settlements, while the existing settlements are unable to stand on their feet, says Yossi Shelley, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The initial draft that was drawn up will not go through with us. The Minister of Finance assured us that this plan must be agreed upon by us as well, and this will be written as a clause in it, otherwise it will not be implemented," says Lavala.