"Within 3 weeks we will inaugurate a new yeshiva in the Jordan Valley, next to which a Haredi city will be established"

Yoel Zilberman, CEO of Hashomer Hachadash, said at the "People of the State" conference that within three weeks a first yeshiva will be established on the Jordan border, adjacent to a new Haredi city to be called "Ir Hatmarim". Zilberman called to harness the Haredi public for settlement in the borders and claimed that the potential is between 20,000 and 50,000 Haredi youth.

Yoel Zilberman, CEO and founder of the Hashomer Hachadash organization, was a guest at the "People of the State" conference of ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth and revealed a plan to establish a new yeshiva within three weeks on the Jordan border, adjacent to a new Haredi city to be named "Ir Hatmarim". Zilberman spoke about the effort to harness the Haredi public for settlement in the borders, and said that the potential is between 20,000 and 50,000 Haredi youth who will come to these places. According to him, the organization established the first moshav in Israel in 20 years, and it has student villages, Nahal groups, and educational campuses. He called for establishing dozens of new settlements along the Egypt border, while connecting to employment and renewable energy. Zilberman emphasized that regardless of the identity of the next government, every citizen depends on the resilience of the borders.

"Within 3 weeks we will inaugurate a new yeshiva in the Jordan Valley, next to which a Haredi city will be established"