According to the approved plans, 1,006 housing units will be built in Gevaot, a nascent Jewish village near the larger community of Alon Shvut in Judea’s Gush Etzion region.
International pressure is the main reason construction at E1 has not moved forward since it was first proposed in 1994 by then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The Chotam Organization created a video to demonstrate the hope, fear and ultimate triumph of the Operation Rising Lion campaign, inspired by the passage in Tehillim (psalms) 'When Hashem returned the returnees to Zion, we were like dreamers.'
'Strengthening and expanding Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria is a necessary and very important aspect in the vision of the Zionist enterprise,' said Minister Zeev Elkin.
The US and EU have repeatedly denounced construction for Jewish residents in Jerusalem, Israel's capital, and in Judea and Samaria. And now, they are doing it again, claiming it is an 'obstacle to peace.'
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