Governments' planning and construction policies could lead to a loss of Israel's legitimacy over its sovereignty in the Galilee, warn council heads in the north of the country.
They point to a powerful cultivation and strengthening policy for the Arab sector on the one hand, and the "suffocation of the Jewish settlement" on the other.
According to Danny Ivri, head of the Misgav Regional Council, "If there is no sharp and immediate change of direction, we may bring down at least 10 percent of Jews in the Galilee, including city residents. Is this the place we want to go?"
A former senior official of the Israel Land Authority (RMI) said that “planning perceptions around the world see rural settlement as an environmental and economic burden.
Therefore the approach is to reduce and cram to the last meter the rural construction.
At the same time, legal perceptions see the Arabs as a minority and the Jews as a majority, and therefore impose restrictions on the Jewish localities, and grant a complete exemption to the Arab ones. "
The "Israel Today" survey shows that for many years the state has allowed local authorities in the north to annex land to them that is unofficially defined as "village lands."
This term describes the territories designated for the Arab state according to the 1947 partition plan.
No tenders or appraisals
At the same time, the Rami only recently decided that "the policy of allocating land for residential purposes in minority localities gives weight to the community-cultural and emotional-emotional affinity of local residents to the land of the locality where they were born, educated and raised."
Galilee residents watch events // Photo: Gil Eliyahu - Ginny,
In addition, the state is unable to conduct a tender process in the sector, due to lack of enforcement.
Remi's attempts to carry out hundreds of initiatives have also failed, due to the problem of violence.
At one of the last meetings of the management of Rami, Alex Hefetz, a representative of the JNF, stated: "Even if he is rich, he will get land at full plus price."
The combination of these ingredients creates an amazing absurdity.
In the Jewish localities of Gilon, Tzurit or Shorashim, a plot of land will cost NIS 1,150,000, with the price reflecting the value of the land and the cost of development.
But in the village of Shaab, which is adjacent to them and several times larger, the price per lot will be only NIS 50,000 for ground-level construction.
There are similar gaps between Mitzpe Cumin and Kamana, between Moreshet and Damida, and throughout the Galilee.
The Ministry of Housing responded: "In 2021, more than 100,000 housing units will be marketed, of which 30,000 will be in the Galilee region.
In addition, for the first time, the ministry promoted the approval of the Israel Lands Council to sign roof agreements with regional councils, according to which councils that will market at least 2,500 housing units in their area over a four-year period will be budgeted upon signing roof agreements for population-supporting infrastructure, public institutions and existing infrastructure.
The full investigation will be published tomorrow in "Israel Hashavua".
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