Cabinet approves NIS 500 million plan to develop Negev
The cabinet approved a national plan to develop the Negev with a budget of NIS 500 million ($140 million). The investment will be spread over five years and would be the civilian answer to the procedure of the IDF's relocation to the Negev.
The outline was put together by an inter-ministerial committee headed by Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office Harel Locker and Director-General of the Ministry for Development of the Negev and Galilee Orna Hozman Bechor. (Ynet)
