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Benjamin Netanyahu, Photo: GETTY
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So which ministers in the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu voted to deny Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria housing benefits extended to hundreds of thousands of Israelis?
An investigation by Arutz Sheva yielded the information as to who within Netanyahu's government sided with Judea and Samaria residents, and who didn't.
Last Sunday, the government approved the inclusion of several hundred communities to the list of towns whose residents can receive special benefits when buying a home, residents of 91 towns and cities, along with 55Sheva kibbutzim, moshavim, small towns and Arab villages, are now eligible for the benefits.
Originally, some 70 towns in Judea and Samaria – including Kiryat Arba, Efrat, Ariel, Beit El, Beitar Ilit, and many others - had been included in the list, but after criticism by leftist groups, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanayahu conducted a telephone poll of ministers, seeking their permission to amend the government decision.
The following ministers told Netanyahu in the phone poll that the benefits should apply to Judea and Samaria residents:
Gideon Sa'ar
Limor Livnat
Gilad Erdan
Daniel Hershkowitz
Silvan Shalom
Avigdor Lieberman
Stas Mesheznekov
Yitzchak Aharonovich
Sofa Landver
Uzi Landau.
The first four are Likud members and the latter five are from Yisrael Beiteinu, while Hershkowitz is from the Bayit Yehudi party.
Those who voted to deny Judea and Samaria residents the housing benefits included all members of Shas in the government
Eli Yishai
Ariel Atias
Ya'akov Margi
Meshlam Nahari
Ehud Barak
and other current and former Labor ministers.