Construction Minister Goldknopf announced that on Sunday he plans to bring forward a bill for the establishment of a new town, to be named Ramat Arbel.
Agudat Yisrael demands additional funds, threatens to oppose budget; Smotrich threatens to resign
Yaakov Kwint, director general of the Israel Land Authority: "The trend of falling apartment prices will continue in the coming months."
UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.
Seventy-five years after David Ben-Gurion gave the famous exemption to 400 yeshiva students, the state is again facing a critical juncture.
The coalition leaders are set to meet Sunday to discuss the issue further.
The new committee will be granted broad powers to tackle the housing crisis in the country.
Housing Minister Moshe Goldknopf asserted that the construction contradicts the coalition agreements signed between UTJ and the Likud.
Yizhak Pindros, who served as an MK in the previous Knesset, will once again become an MK.
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