The Higher Planning Council will discuss the advancement of 894 housing units in three settlements on Wednesday (February 19, 2025): Talmon, Rimonim and Beitar Illit. As a reminder, since the beginning of December 2024, weekly discussions have been held to advance housing units in settlements.
| Settlement | Plan Status | Plan Number | Housing Units |
| Talmon | Deposit | 235/12/2 | 288 |
| Beitar Illit | Validation | 4/ א/ 7/ 426 | 184 |
| Beitar Illit | Deposit | 426/1/1/3/32 | 218 |
| Rimonim | Deposit | 3/ 224 | 114 |
| Rimonim | Validation | 2/ 224 | 90 |
| 894 |
The shift to approving plans on a weekly basis not only normalizes construction in these areas but also accelerates it. For instance, with the plans set for discussion on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the total number of units promoted since the transition to weekly approvals will reach 6,288 HU for two and half months.
The location of Talmon’s Plan
One of the changes made by the Netanyahu-Smotrich government in June 2023 was the elimination of the need for defense minister approval for each stage of settlement plan advancement. Previously, every construction plan in settlements required prior approval from the defense minister. In recent years, the defense minister had limited settlement plan advancements to approximately four times a year, with thousands of housing units being approved in a single session of the Higher Planning Council. In recent weeks, we have witnessed a change where the Higher Planning Council meets every week and approves several hundred housing units in each meeting. In this way, the government seeks to normalize planning in settlements and attract less public and international attention and criticism.