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Nazareth Illit Trying to Draw Chareidi Residents

By L.S. Wasserman

Nazareth Illit officials are formulating a new plan to settle some 10,000 chareidim in the city. The municipality is hoping to allocate land in the city's Har Yonah Gimmel area for the construction of thousands of housing units for the chareidi sector.

Mayor Shimon Gapso, who replaced the previous mayor of several decades, is calling on the government to assist with the new plan as part of efforts to increase the number of Jewish residents in the city to counter the Arab population, which currently stands at 12 percent, not including those Arabs who moved to the city but have not updated their address.

Gapso also says that chareidim constitute a high-caliber population group and the local population does not object to an increased chareidi and religious presence.

Apartment prices have dropped substantially in Nazareth Illit and the municipality is making great efforts to bring Jews into the city, pledging to assist new residents.

The municipality is also trying to draw immigrants, including immigrants from Ethiopia and the FSU.

 

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