{"id":2953,"date":"2026-05-31T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2953"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:41:06","slug":"o-governo-israelense-aprova-mais-de-2-mil-novas-unidades-habitacionais-na-judeia-e-samaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2953","title":{"rendered":"The israeli government approves more than 2,000 new housing units in Judea and Samaria."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a vote on the state budget at the auditorium in the Knesset during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 29, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\r\n\tIsraeli planning authorities have given the go-ahead for the construction of more than 2,000 housing units in communities located in Judea and Samaria (also known as Judea-Samaria)<\/strong><\/p>

The Supreme Planning Council of the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Civil Administration approved plans for 2,162 units as part of a larger effort to strengthen Israel’s control over the region.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nFinance Minister Bezalel Smotrich-who also serves as the Defense Ministry minister responsible for civil affairs in the area-celebrated the move.<\/p>

\r\n“We continue to build the Land of Israel in practice,” he stated.<\/p>

\r\nAccording to Smotrich, these approvals are not merely technical planning measures: they represent a national commitment that reinforces Israeli control over the land, increases national security, and creates concrete facts on the ground to prevent the formation of a terrorist Arab state in the heart of the region.\r\n<\/p>

\r\n“We will continue to lead a broad wave of construction and regularization, because that is the path to victory, security, and growth,” the minister added.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nAccording to the approved plans, more than a thousand units (1,006) will be built in Gevaot, a growing Jewish community in the Gush Etzion region of Judea.<\/p>

\r\nThe project aims to transform the area into a larger urban center, with the potential for thousands of additional residences in the future.<\/p>

\r\nAnother 922 units were approved in Har Bracha, in northern Samaria, near Nablus (Shechem), and 234 in Kiryat Arba, a city near Hebron.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has promoted an unprecedented expansion of Israeli control over Judea and Samaria since taking office about three and a half years ago, with the approval of tens of thousands of homes and several new communities.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nRecent research shows that a large portion of the Israeli population supports this type of initiative: nearly 70% of Israelis want the country to extend its full sovereignty to the region, and 58% of Israeli Jews believe that Jewish communities there contribute to national security.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThis decision reflects the view that strengthening the Israeli presence in these areas is essential for the country’s security and future.

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