Netanyahu pledges NIS 800m to bolster W. Bank security

GAZA CITY – 26 October 2017: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Wednesday to earmark New Israeli Sheqel (NIS) 800 million in the upcoming budget for bolstering security provisions in the West Bank during a meeting with heads of settler movements, Ynet reported Wednesday.

Convening the meeting a day after a protest tent was pitched outside his residence by families who had lost relatives to terror attacks in the West Bank, the prime minister informed the Yesha Council that he had worked during recent weeks to ensure that their requests were met and claimed that in the last several months he had instructed his staff to examine the requirements, the feasibility of the projects and ordered them to look into recruiting the necessary number of workers.

Bereaved families and the movement leaders erected the protest tent outside the Prime Minister’s Residence Wednesday to protest against what they claim is Netanyahu’s persistent failure to deliver on promises to boost their security.