The Knesset committee will move the draft bill forward to its second and third readings, marking a decisive step in favor of a public campaign advocating for an airport in the Negev.
Led by the Negev Takes Off from Nevatim group, a joint team of Negev and Jezreel Valley residents who campaigned for an international airport in the region, their efforts were deemed successful as the committee approved a series of regulations and directives that will make government ministries prioritize Nevatim over other alternatives Nevatim is about 65 km. from the Gaza border and adjacent to the airbase in the Negev that is home to the IAF’s most advanced fighter jets, the F-35. The airbase was targeted by Iranian missiles last October. (Read more)
