Eight Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria received formal Israeli government recognition this week, with each given a locality symbol documenting their regulation under the State of Israel.
Harsha, Migron, Shvut Rachel, Adi Ad, Achiya, Nofei Prat and Tal Menashe all received community symbols; the previously frozen symbol of the eighth community, Sa-Nur, was unfrozen as well.
All eight communities may now be officially recognized by Israeli government ministries, enabling them to be hooked up to the national water grid via Mekorot and to receive a branch of the Israel Post service, among other things.
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan hailed the move, noting that the granting of community symbols is “an important and historic step for settlement,” adding that above all, the return of the settlement symbol to the community of Sa-Nur 20 years after the disastrous expulsion from Gaza, “is another step towards historical correction and justice … The state is saying in a clear voice: the return to Sa-Nur is just, and a fact.”
The greater the construction activity in Judea and Samaria, the more challenging it becomes to establish a second state solution. Consider it akin to progressively asserting sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (although without the application of Israeli law which is an critically important). However, the declaration of full sovereignty over this area must occur immediately and without hesitation!