Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday evening 200 million shekels ($57 million) to build new bypass roads for West Bank settlers.
Speaking to families of those allegedly killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank at the Knesset Netanyahu assured them the government was committed to improving the roads as well as the lighting and cellular coverage there to help prevent such attacks.
“We have a clear commitment to solve or help solve the problem of the bypass roads in Judea and Samaria” he said referring to the West Bank.
“I come now from a meeting with the finance minister and we decided together to immediately allocate 200 million shekels to paving roads.”
More than 800000 Israeli settlers currently live in the West Bank amid unprecedented campaign of settlement expansion.
