Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended this evening (Thursday), the signing ceremony for the roof agreement in Maaleh Adumim, which includes the construction of more than 7,600 new housing units and an investment of NIS 3 billion, which is expected to double the city's population within five years.
"I want to tell you, when I came here for the first time, I was 18, because before this, this was occupied territory by others. It was in 1967, and I learned to navigate in the unit I served with. The best place to learn navigation - was here because the hills were completely bare, and you had the ability to see the topography, the mountains, the wadis. I was very moved to be here because I walked amidst ancient vistas, our vistas. It has been wonderful to see how this has been built," Netanyahu said at the signing ceremony.
He continued: "I remember the Kastel Museum. I remember every stage. I thought that here was an expression of Biblical prophecies. It says in the Bible 'As the mountains are round about Jerusalem.' It is a scribal error. Jerusalem - cities are round about it! We have begun to build city after city, and Maaleh Adumim was and is a part of our land, and there will be many others like it in our land." (Ed note: Maaleh Adumim is located 4.3 miles east of Jerusalem in the West Bank E1 Zone, which is Judah. Notice Smotrich is in the picture.) (Read More)
