Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara joined the inauguration of the 'Tayelet' neighborhood at Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on Thursday, a development expected to double the community's size within a year. Netanyahu planted a tree and delivered remarks tying the expansion to what he called the 'sacred mission' of holding onto the land against adversaries. Gush Etzion Regional Council head Yaron Rosenthal noted the region has grown from 14 to 28 communities in three years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the new 'Tayelet' neighborhood at Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on Thursday evening, in an event that doubled as a celebration of the kibbutz's 50th anniversary and the centennial year of the Gush Etzion region. Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, planted a tree alongside Noam Leiter, son of Israel's ambassador to the US Yehiel Leiter, and Ofri Nir, daughter of fallen reservist Yuval Nir. The new neighborhood is expected to double Migdal Oz's population within a year. In his remarks, Netanyahu framed the expansion as a response to external pressures and what he described as a 'sacred mission to hold onto our land.' He referenced earlier tree-planting ceremonies he attended as prime minister, noting that saplings he planted years ago have grown into towering trees. Gush Etzion Regional Council head Yaron Rosenthal highlighted that the region has grown from 14 to 28 communities over three years, stretching from Jerusalem to the Judean Desert and Dead Sea area. Migdal Oz lost three of its members in the current war, and Rosenthal described the new construction as 'the deepest Zionist answer: out of pain, we continue to build.' The event was covered by official government photographers and sound technicians.
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