{"id":57600,"date":"2026-05-04T16:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/?p=57600"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:27:45","slug":"additional-billion-for-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/additional-billion-for-roads","title":{"rendered":"Government Channels Another NIS 1 Billion into Settlement Road Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ministers Smotrich and Regev announced this morning<\/a> that the government has decided to allocate an additional 1,075,000,000 NIS<\/strong> for roads to the settlements, \u201cas a designated budgetary addition from the Ministry of Finance,\u201d for the years 2026 to 2028. It should be noted that the Netanyahu\u2013Smotrich government is already investing NIS 7 billion in settlement roads, accounting for about 30% of Israel\u2019s intercity road budget (roads intended for only about 3% of the population).<\/p>\n

Road development is the key to the development of the settlements. Past experience shows that when a bypass road is opened, the number of settlers in the settlements along it increases rapidly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Peace Now: The government is using its final months in office to plunder the public coffers and pour funds into the sector closest to its heart. These are roads that lead to the destruction of the State of Israel. Today, after October 7, it is clear to everyone what the cost is of continuing the conflict, and of continuing to invest all security resources in protecting the settlements. The Netanyahu government is condemning us to many more years of bloodshed while simultaneously impoverishing the State of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In recent years, the government has been investing enormous sums in developing roads intended to enable the establishment of new settlements and the construction and expansion of existing ones. As early as June 2024, Minister Smotrich announced at an internal conference of the Religious Zionism party\u2014 recorded and exposed<\/a> by Peace Now\u2014that he had allocated 7 billion NIS<\/strong> for settlement roads over the next five years.<\/p>\n

This is a huge amount of about 1.4 billion NIS per year. For comparison, the intercity road budget for the entire State of Israel over the past four years has been about 4.5 billion NIS per year (according to budget execution data for intercity roads). In other words, about 30% of Israel\u2019s intercity road budget is allocated to settlements where only about 3% of the Israeli population lives.<\/p>\n

The government is now seeking to add another 1.075 billion NIS for paving additional roads and expanding existing ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roads under construction \/ close to the start of work:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Road Number<\/strong><\/td>\nRoad Name<\/strong><\/td>\narea<\/strong><\/td>\nEstimate (NIS Millions)<\/strong><\/td>\nInvestment until 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

(NIS Millions)*<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

45<\/td>\nThe Quarries Axis \/ Jaba Bypass<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n361<\/a><\/td>\n2.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nQalandiya Underpass<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n120<\/a><\/td>\n113.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlazariya \u2013 A-Za\u2019im<\/td>\nJerusalem<\/td>\n335<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEastern Ring Road<\/td>\nJerusalem<\/td>\n1,300<\/a><\/td>\n323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nSha\u2019ar Binyamin to the British Police Junction<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n1,000<\/a><\/td>\n0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nFrom Jerusalem to Bani Naim<\/td>\nBethlehem<\/td>\n1,233<\/a><\/td>\n1,155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nFunduk bypass<\/td>\nQalqiliya<\/td>\n200<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nNursery Road<\/td>\nQalqiliya<\/td>\n128<\/a><\/td>\n48.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
505<\/td>\nAriel – Tapuah Junction<\/td>\nNablus<\/td>\n500<\/a><\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
446<\/td>\nModiin Illit \u2013 Shilat<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n260<\/a> + 47<\/a><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
465<\/td>\nLubban Bypass<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n120<\/a><\/td>\n250<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
437<\/td>\nHizma \u2013 Adam<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\n160<\/a><\/td>\n19.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nSillet a-D\u2019aher bypass<\/td>\nJenin<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
375<\/td>\nBeitar Illit \u2013 Hussan<\/td>\nBethlehm<\/td>\n111<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n5,764<\/strong><\/td>\n1,983<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* Expenditure data until 2024 are the sum of the expenses in the Ministry of Transportation\u2019s relevant budget lines as appears in the Ministry of Finance’s budget execution files. There may be additional costs.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Roads in preparation and planning stages: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Road Number<\/strong><\/td>\nname<\/strong><\/td>\narea<\/strong><\/td>\nStatus<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
454<\/td>\nDolev – Road 443<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\nDetailed planning for execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4431<\/td>\nModiin Illit \u2013 443<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\nStatutory Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nAtarot Interchange<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\nDetailed planning for execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nIssawiya Interchange<\/td>\nJerusalem<\/td>\nDetailed planning for execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3742<\/td>\nBeitar Illit \u2013 Gva\u2019ot<\/td>\nBethlehem<\/td>\nStatutory Planning – Objections Submitted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nBritish Police Junction to the Tapuah Junction<\/td>\nNablus<\/td>\nStatutory Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nBaniNa’im \u00a0to Shima\u2019a<\/td>\nHebron<\/td>\nStatutory Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
367<\/td>\nKfar Etzion – Jaba<\/td>\nBethlehem<\/td>\nValid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
446<\/td>\nBeit El – Road 60<\/td>\nRamallah<\/td>\nDetailed planning for execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nJordan Valley Road<\/td>\nJordan Valley<\/td>\nStatutory Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\"\"\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ministers Smotrich and Regev announced this morning that the government has decided to allocate an additional 1,075,000,000 NIS for roads to the settlements, \u201cas a designated budgetary addition from the Ministry of Finance,\u201d for the years 2026 to 2028. It should be noted that the Netanyahu\u2013Smotrich government is already investing NIS 7 billion in settlement… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2519,2520,2852],"class_list":["post-57600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-settlement-watch","tag-budget","tag-roads","tag-settlements-price"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57605,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57600\/revisions\/57605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}