For Over a Billion Shekels: Paving of Roads to New Communities Gets Underway
The government will approve on Sunday the implementation of Minister Bezalel Smotrich's proposal to budget over a billion shekels for paving access and security roads to dozens of new communities in Judea and Samaria that…
Assessment
The Israeli government is set to approve over one billion shekels for road construction to new settlements in the West Bank, including four communities evacuated during the 2005 disengagement. This marks a significant infrastructure commitment following the cabinet's earlier approval to establish these settlements. The funding split between defense and transportation ministries signals the security rationale for the project. The move advances a major policy goal of the far-right coalition partners.