President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu, ministers and other senior officials visited Gush Etzion over the past two days for events marking 80 years since the founding of Masu'ot Yitzhak, the inauguration of the Derech HaTanach road project, a wedding, and a settlement establishment ceremony, according to the Gush Etzion regional council.
A wave of high-profile visits to Gush Etzion over the past 48 hours saw President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a broad array of ministers at events across the regional council. President Herzog attended a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Masu'ot Yitzhak, named after his grandfather. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Miri Regev inaugurated the 'Derech HaTanach' (Bible Road) project on Route 60 at Neve Daniel — an initiative previously announced and covered by The Zioneer earlier this week. Ministers Yariv Levin, Eli Cohen, and Amichai Chikli attended the wedding of Shmuel Epstein and Ma'ayan Sharaf at the Gush Etzion Winery. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich took part in a ceremony for the establishment of the new settlement of Giv'ot. The coordinated visits underscore the government's focus on settlement expansion and development in Judea and Samaria.
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