Deputy Minister of Health R’ Yaakov Litzman met on Wednesday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the construction freeze in chareidi communities.

Following his meeting, Litzman expressed an air of cautious optimism, explaining he detailed the dire situation facing the chareidi community today, insisting that something must be done. “He promised me he will look into it” stated Litzman, who also spoke with Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s military secretary, seeking to make inroads regarding the absolute need to continue construction due to the harsh reality of the major housing shortage.

Litzman stated that finally after the long painful Cheftziba affair, which placed construction of many homes on hold for a long period, and now, when construction was finally set to begin, the government announces a building freeze. “It is not enough that people lost enormous sums of money, lived with delays and unable to enter their homes. Now we pour water on the deal again. This is unacceptable”.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)