The Council of Settlements is staging a fake war with the government. The Council refused to allow inspectors into the settlements to control the construction freeze, and its leaders refused to meet the Defense Minister to coordinate the ban.
That’s a continuation of the Gush Katif spectacle. The Council is funded by the government, its leaders receive their salaries from the Ministry of Internal, and must therefore collaborate—but they need to retain a shred of credibility among the settlers.
For two decades, construction in the settlements has practically been halted, so the protests are a bit late.
Shas’s Minister of Internal refused to provide inspectors to monitor the ban.
