Investigation shows which ministers stood up for Yesha residents

Benjamin Netanyahu,   Photo: GETTY

From Arutz Sheva
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.

 Likud minister Yossi Peled said he had not been asked his opinion. 
Yisrael Katz, Yuval Steinitz, Benny Begin, Ya'akov Ne'eman, and Moshe Kachlon did not respond to Arutz Sheva's request for information on how they voted. 
Minister Yuli Edelstein abstained.
Sa'ar, who voted against removing the benefits, called on Netanyahu to conduct an open vote on such an important issue. 
Speaking Saturday night, Hershkowitz said that “with all due respect to the U.S., Israel is not the 51st star on the American flag. It is the right of an independent country to set up its own preference zones without outside interference.”
My personal opinion remains the same: we survived Amalek we will survive Barak and his fellowship. B'H"