Work began on Tuesday morning 26 Sivan on the community of Amichai, which is going to replace Amona. The residents of the latter were evicted in February 2017 and have since waited for the government to keep its promise to begin construction the replacement community within 30 days. Finally, tractors were seen working Tuesday morning in the Shilo Valley, home of the new community.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used his Facebook page to announce work on Yishuv Amichai began, boasting he merits being the Prime Minister to build a new yishuv, failing to mention he is the same prime minister who evicted the former residents in compliance with the High Court of Justice ruling evicting them.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)