Israeli Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf came out over the weekend in support of a plan to bring a million Jewish residents to Samaria. Goldknopf—the head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party—during a visit to Samaria called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to use the momentum provided by the entry into office of the Trump administration to accelerate the construction of more real estate projects in the Jewish state’s biblical heartland, the Channel 14 News broadcaster reported on Sunday.Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, who accompanied the politician on the tour, said, “We will bring a million residents here. We will build cities here; we will build communities,” said Dagan. “And the people of Israel—thanks to this, thanks to the prayers, thanks to the war being waged by the security forces, and in particular thanks to the building of the Land [of Israel]—will win,” he said. (Read More)
