Minister Struck: "Look what we have accomplished in a few months, like a period of miracle""

July 7, 2024   

Orit Struck, the Minister of Settlement and National Missions, was recorded referring to the advancement of construction in Judea and Samaria and saying that the current period is a "miracle." In a recording published on Galei Tzahal from a meeting with residents of Givat Hanan in the southern Hebron Hills on Thursday - a day after the Civil Administration approved a zoning plan and a deposit for the construction of 107 housing units there - the minister said: "For me, it's like a period of miracle. We want to accomplish as much as possible, in the Land of Israel in general and as much as possible specifically in the Hebron Hills. This is truly a sacred mission in my opinion." Struck also referred, among other things, to the future of the government: "What we have accomplished in just these last few months, and with God's help, as long as this government lasts, and it is not clear that it will last, it is completely unclear, but if with God's help the administration continues - for me, it is like a period of miracle. We are like a miracle, I feel like I'm standing at a traffic light and then there's a green light." "The state as a state, hasn't invested here (in the southern Hebron Hills) for years, certainly not on the scale that we are. The entire left, all the anarchists, they understand that this is a place they want to win. I promised myself that if there comes a day when, with God's help, I will be in a position where I can influence - first of all Mount Hebron. That's what I told Bezalel when he accepted the position - first of all Mount Hebron." Minister Struck responded to the report: "Strengthening settlement in areas where our enemies are investing increased effort to harm it is a central goal of mine. After decades in which the Palestinian Authority invested more in Mount Hebron than Israeli governments have invested - we are blessed that the state is developing this strategic area. At the same time - I am promoting the treatment of all the settlements in areas of national priority, with an emphasis on the evacuated areas in the south and north.".