[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: The 10 month freeze on new housing construction
in Judea and Samaria is specifically on construction activity and puts
absolutely no restrictions on the handling of paperwork required to issue
building permits. By the same token, there is absolutely no Israeli
commitment - formal or otherwise - to halt the paperwork during this
period.]

Letter to PM from 29 MKs re urgency of construction in Judea and Samaria --
Translation:(Provided by Susie Dym)

28 December, 2009

Mr. Prime Minister,

Re: Bolstering the Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria

We beg to approach you on the above matter as follows:

1. Our position supporting strengthening the Jewish community of Judea and
Samaria is familiar to you

2. As you stated, the Government's intention is to renew building in Judea
and Samaria as part of its commitment to the settlement enterprise. In light
of this, and to enable construction to be renewed, design and local planning
processes need to be completed, to allow building permits to be granted in
accordance with your policy.

3. Under these circumstances, we ask that you instruct the relevant
authorities to complete authorization of the local plans in the Judea and
Samaria communities, to allow construction to be renewed there without
planning delays. We would point out that many plans are stuck on the desks
of the relevant authorities, and are not being signed for reasons unrelated
to any planning consideration.

4. Attached please find a partial list of local plans of great important and
urgency, which can be processed immediately.

5.We thank you in advance for your kind acquiescence to this request

Letter was signed by 29 MKs a couple of days ago and is now released for
publication:
LIKUD: Haim Katz , Zion Pinian, Yariv Levin, Ofir Akunis, Miri Regev, Zeev
Elkin, Dany Danon, Ayoub Kara, Zipi Hotovely
YISRAEL BEYTENU - LIBERMAN'S PARTY: Motz, Anastasia, Lia ShemTov, Dudu
Rotem, Hamed Amar, Orly Levi-Abekasis, Faina Kirshenbaum, Alex Miller, SHAS:
David Azulay, Avraham Michaeli, Yizhak Vaknin, Haim Amsalem, Nissim Zeev,
NU: Ketzaleh, Aryeh Eldad, Uri Ariel, Michael Ben-Ary,
NATL HOME: Uri Orbach, Zevulun Orlev
UTJ: Uri Maklev

Initiative -- Knesset House C'tee chairman Yariv Levin MK Likud. Uri Ariel
MK, Natl Union (Hebrew Only).
Signatories -- from all 6 parties (Likud, Yisrael Beytenu, Shas and UTJ,
Natl Home and Natl Union) -- all other than Kadima Labor Meretz Arabs. 29
MKs means almost ALL coalition Knesset Members who do not hold ministerial
positions.

Susie Dym, spokesperson for Mattot Arim 97289471273 sddym@bezeqint.net -- I
do not answer the telephone on Shabat - till midnite all other nites