The Ministry of Construction and Housing is currently working on advancing a government decision in which the population of the Golan Heights Regional Council and the city of Katzrin will be doubled, so that by 2026 an additional 7,000 housing units will be marketed in the area.
Meanwhile, in the Golan there are reports of a queue of about 1,500 families for occupancy without construction plans.
Today, the Golan Heights Regional Council has about 4,200 households, and the Katzrin local council has about 3,000.
According to the plan, about 4,000 housing units will be marketed in the coming years in the rural localities in the Golan Regional Council, and the Golan Heights population in the rural localities will be doubled to 8,400 households - in order to strengthen and develop the existing localities in the area.
It should be emphasized that as part of the decision, the Ministry of Construction and Housing promotes a basket of supportive benefits for populations in localities where new housing units will be marketed, such as infrastructure restoration in the old locality, budget for construction, renovation and expansion of public institutions and more.
In addition, the ministry will offer community support to the locality and will assist in planning in order to accelerate marketing in the area.
The total budget allocated for the purpose of the plan in question will be determined at the end of a coordination procedure between government ministries.
Katzrin: 3,000 new housing units
At the same time, the Katzrin local council is on its way to 6,000 households.
The ministry is promoting the development of the Golan capital and is working on preparing a government decision in which the Katzrin population will be doubled and an additional 3,000 housing units will be marketed in the next four years.
In addition, according to the plan, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and other government ministries will provide budgets for the development and promotion of the local council.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Golan Heights Conference on Economic and Regional Development of Makor Rishon: Doubling Settlement in the Golan Heights - National Knowledge of the Government of Israel.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke at the Makor Rishon Golan Heights Conference in cooperation with the Golan Heights Regional Council and the Katzrin Local Council.
Bennett said that the Israeli government will hold a special government meeting at the level in 6 weeks and will present a national plan to double the number of residents in the Golan to 100,000 residents.
Bennett said Israel would act "to fold the Iranian presence in Syria, Iran's adventure in Syria must end."
PM Bennett: "Our goal is to double - and then double again"
Meanwhile, today (Monday) Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave a speech at the Golan conference of the Makor Rishon newspaper, during which he referred to the good news:
But the fighting began 2000 years earlier in the days of the Second Temple in the Great Revolt, the Gamla people fought the Romans, initially won the second time killed.
Even after the destruction, Jewish settlements operated in the Golan Heights, and even in the first aliyah, they emphasized the plateau.
Generations have fought and lived in this part of the country and sought to plant a stake in the ground. "
"We must ensure that the future of the Golan Heights is glorious. 40 years ago, in three days, the Prime Minister passed the Golan Heights Law in three readings.
Three years ago, the US administration recognized the Golan as part of Israel and was also adopted in the current administration.
The people with the Golan are also in Israeli society and yet the realization is far from level.
When we looked at the plateau the Minister of Justice and I saw from the helicopter that not much had changed.
Today, when the world has changed and people are working remotely and looking for a community. "
Rahm later referred to the future of the plateau and said: "In the government there is great competition to build the plateau.
He added: "Before the event here, we met with heads of councils and businesses in the Golan Heights. The Golan Heights is a strategic goal. Ralim Doubling the settlement Establishment of two settlements Employment and investment in infrastructure are now working to formulate the plan that will be led by an office manager, asking us to look back and say, done.
Elkin: "A strategic and important region of the land"
Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Elkin: "The length and breadth of the Golan Heights is a strategic and very important part of the country. We will continue, deepen, expand and even double the settlement. "
Aviad Friedman, Director General of the Ministry of Construction and Housing: "The government's decision to double the population in the Golan Heights along with the development and rehabilitation of all the infrastructure required for this is in line for all residents of the north and citizens who want to live in one of Israel's most spectacular and important areas.
Implementing the decision will significantly improve the quality of life of the residents of the Golan Heights and will open for them a variety of opportunities that come with the strengthening and increase of the local population.
"Promoting the north is a major goal in the ministry's activities, so we use all the tools at our disposal to build for its implementation, in cooperation with local factors, with the understanding that strengthening the north means strengthening the whole country."