The list prepared by the Ministry of Housing shows a preference for Arab localities. In practice, all the Jewish communities in the Galilee are aging and shrinking.
A committee will be established to examine the implications of the decision for Jewish communities. A renewed declaration of adherence to Zionist values is welcome, but in itself it is not enough. The entire public is required to struggle over the very possibility and chance of young people to extricate themselves from the trend of government construction in the Negev.