Veteran Ariel Mayor Ron Ariel called on the Knesset Economics Committee, seeking to exempt his city’s industrial park from the 10-month building freeze. Nachman stated the freeze impacting the industrial area is having devastating results, speaking of NIS 30 million in annual damage.

Ariel is hoping the industrial park will be granted special status, permitting ongoing construction despite the government decree, halting construction throughout Yehuda and Shomron.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)