Cabinet Approves Planning for the Construction of a New Druze Community in
the Khirbet Inbal Area of the Western Galilee
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

The Cabinet today (Sunday, 18 November 2012), approved planning for the
construction of a new Druze community in the Khirbet Inbal area of the
western Galilee. This is in the framework of the Government's efforts to
find solutions to the housing situation in the Druze community
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/12/Focus+on+Israel-+The+Druze+in+Israel.htm
which stems – in part – from the inability to existing communities.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "This decision shows our attitude to all
Israelis in general and to the Druze public in particular. We must look at
how we treat minorities in comparison to how minorities are treated in the
countries around us."

This decision joins a previous decision in the framework of which, NIS 680
million was allocated to the development of communities in the Druze sector.