Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the Central District Commander signed an order regulating Givat Ze'ev's status as a city, ynet reports. The Jerusalem-area settlement was declared a city earlier today.
Earlier today, The Zioneer reported that Givat Ze'ev was officially declared a city, with Mayor Yossi Asraf calling it a historic moment. The community, home to approximately 25,000 residents (and nearly 35,000 in practice), received city status, a move described as strengthening settlement in the Jerusalem envelope. Now, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that the OC Central Command signed an order regulating the status of the city, according to ynet. The order formalizes the administrative steps to implement the city status, adding regulatory detail to the earlier declaration.
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