Bet Shemesh a Factor in Coalition Negotiations Leads to Agreement

Moshe Shitrit, Likud city councilman in Bet Shemesh, has announced on Facebook that much pressure placed on the Knesset regarding the future of Bet Shemesh has brought about results. The future of Bet Shemesh was a factor in coalition negotiations between the Haredi parties and the Likud. Shirit announced that the Likud team has sent to him a signed commitment, agreed upon in negotiations with the Haredi parties, that the government recognizes its responsibility to build homes for the general population in Bet Shemesh.
Can you imagine that? Somehow Bet Shemesh was important enough that it became a factor in national government building, in coalition negotiations. Bet Shemesh was the only city whose future was a factor in coalition negotiations.
Here is the signed commitment:

At the end of the day, such neighborhood's will be populated by whomever buys there. If the non-haredi communities cannot convince their friends and relatives to move to Bet Shemesh, or their kids to stay in Bet Shemesh, whether it is due to financial reasons, employment reasons, or social and cultural reasons, no agreement will make a difference. At the end of the day kablanim will sell to whomever is willing to buy. So, as important as this agreement may be, the non-haredi elements in the city still have a lot of work to do..
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