For our children: Ma'ale Adumim has been waiting 30 years - this time we won't give up

The mayor of Ma'ale Adumim, Guy Yifrach, writes about the 30-year wait for construction in the E1 neighborhood. He describes how the first tender for building 1,234 housing units was published in August but was postponed for a month by the legal advisor to the government, just before bids could be submitted. Yifrach accuses the legal advisor of blatant and illegitimate political interference ahead of the elections, and declares he will not give up and will fight with every tool to build in E1 now.

The mayor of Ma'ale Adumim, Guy Yifrach, writes a personal opinion column about the 30-year wait for construction in the E1 neighborhood, an area stretching from Ma'ale Adumim toward Jerusalem. Yifrach recalls how in 1995, as a 13-year-old boy, he watched the hills with his father and heard that "in the coming months" the city would expand into the area. Since then, over 30 years have passed, during which all prime ministers and governments supported the construction, but the hills remained as they were. This year, after the plans were approved, a first tender for building 1,234 housing units was published in August. However, just before bids could be submitted, the legal advisor to the government ordered the tender to be postponed by a month, until after the elections. Yifrach accuses the legal advisor of blatant and illegitimate interference that turns him into a political player ahead of the elections, and declares he will not give up and will fight with every tool to build in E1 now.