‘Gush Etzion Settlement Bloc To Grow To Half-a-million People’

By Tova Lazaroff
Posted on 08/17/16 | News Source: jpost.com

Efrat, which is the second largest settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc, could quickly grow to the size of a city in the next decade.

Half a million people will live in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc within the next decade, according to Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant, who visited the region on Tuesday.

He made the statement during a conversation with Efrat Local Council head Oded Revivi, whose settlement of more than 8,000 people is in the midst of building 1,100 new homes.

“We have an obligation to build in Gush Etzion,” Galant said as he paused to talk with reporters in the Tekoa settlement, where a new neighborhood is under construction. “This place is important historically and strategically.”

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