April 11, 2025 Happy Passover and Happy Spring to everyone, A month ago, it was brought to my attention that the council had erected a physical barrier in the form of a checkpoint on the road connecting Wine Park to…
April 3, 2025 Hello, everyone. This week, as an exception, I am sending you the newsletter on Thursday evening because this information is urgent for me. I have been a council member for eight and a half months now, and…
March 28, 2025 Hello everyone, Summary: The council chair already has a coalition of 9 council members—an absolute majority that will allow him to pass anything, including the budget I’ll be writing about this time. The coalition includes: 3 from…
March 21, 2025 Hello, everyone. Summary First item: Yesterday we received the council’s budget for 2025, which will be put to a vote on April 1. We need to sit down and study it in depth, but one thing stands…
March 14, 2025 Hello, everyone. Each reader of this newsletter has at least five other friends who live in our community, and I would be happy if they received the newsletter as well. I’d like to ask for two minutes…
March 8, 2025 Interpellation: Oversight of the waste removal contractor and the quality of its work in accordance with the terms of Tender 10/24 Submitted by: Council Member Dr. Limor Zar Gutman, Esq., “Lema’an HaMoshava” party About a year and…
March 7, 2025 Hello, everyone. I’d appreciate it if you could invite others to join the newsletter—please have them send me their email address. Summary: Topic 1: As of now, the quarry at Ein Ayala has been selected as the…
To: Eli Abutbul, Council Chairman Danny Bitan, Council Secretary Attorney Yossi Barzilai, Legal Counsel to the Council Date: February 28, 2025 Motion for the Agenda—The Council Plenary supports and recommends that the Council Chairman join the mayors who signed the…
February 28, 2025 Hello, everyone. Summary: Update regarding the event hall that the council head sought to build on the public open space adjacent to the “Ohel Yaakov” synagogue in the historic heart of the town. A series of cover-ups…
February 21, 2025 Hello, everyone. Today’s newsletter will focus on an organization that those who do not lead a religious lifestyle are unfamiliar with. At most, you may have visited it before your wedding to register for marriage. However, it…
February 14, 2025 Hello, everyone. Summary: We are an opposition committed solely to the residents—which is why we are reviewing plans submitted for approval to the Samaria Regional Planning and Construction Committee. Because what happens in the committee is not…
February 7, 2025 Hello, everyone. Summary: The rule of law means the supremacy of the law. The law is the authority that dictates what is permitted and what is prohibited. How do we know what the law stipulates regarding the…
January 31, 2025 Hello everyone, Summary: This week’s newsletter will cover four topics: Cancellation of the improper job posting for the position of Director of the Culture Department at the Zamarin Community Center Municipal Corporation, and publication of a new,…
January 24, 2025 Hello, everyone. Below is a summary of Newsletter 22, An investigation by Haaretz reveals that the Ministry of the Interior, which oversees local government, has failed in its duties, and oversight of local authorities is weak. For…
January 17, 2025 Hello, everyone. Updates regarding previous inquiries: 1) Inquiry to the State Comptroller regarding the appointment of the council’s security officer. 2) Construction of an event hall adjacent to the Great Synagogue Important information regarding scholarships for youth…
January 10, 2025 Hello everyone, This week, several topics: New and disturbing revelations regarding the event hall adjacent to the Great Synagogue in the center of the town: As I wrote last week, the plan to build the event hall…
January 3, 2025 Hello, everyone. The first topic is short, so there is no summary. Topic 2 – There is a summary Topic 3 at the end is brief and has no summary Regarding the first topic—a tremendous achievement for…
December 27, 2024 Hello everyone. You are welcome to comment, ask questions, and of course invite friends and acquaintances to subscribe to the newsletter—send me their email addresses and I’ll add them to the mailing list. Thank you to everyone…
December 20, 2024 Hello, everyone. Everyone knows that mayors change with elections and that each has a different approach and different goals. What is supposed to remain stable and unchanged are the decisions made by the professional staff working at…
December 13, 2024 Hello everyone, I’ll start with an update from the special council meeting held this week to discuss a significant expansion of the educational complex in the Halomot neighborhood. The complex currently houses the following schools: Moshava High…
To the Honorable Council Chairman, Attorney Eli Abutbul Date: 12/12/2024 Inquiry No. 2: Failure to receive information despite repeated requests over several months Dear Sir, Since the budget meeting in July 2024, at which we were not provided with the…
December 6, 2024 Hello everyone, The first issue is garbage. There are many complaints and questions regarding the failure to collect garbage, which come up on a daily basis. This is not a problem limited to a specific street, but…
November 30, 2024 Hello everyone, This newsletter will address two topics: a critical aspect of the council’s functioning—emergency preparedness. Second, the upcoming council meeting, which will address a range of critical issues that mark the beginning of the community’s economic…
November 22, 2024 Hello, everyone. Today’s newsletter will address a topic that isn’t as visible to residents as flower-filled squares or freshly painted roads, which is why some tend to overlook it and not invest in it. But all it…
November 15, 2024 Hello everyone, I am reaching out to you personally to ask for your help in increasing the accessibility and distribution of this newsletter: Please contact your friends and family in Zichron Yaakov and tell them about the…
November 3, 2024 To the Honorable Council Chairman, Attorney Eli Abutbul Inquiry No. 1: New tender for waste collection and disposal. In July 2024, the waste management contract with the contractor Mif’at expired. The terms of this contract were for…
November 1, 2024 Hello, everyone. This week, I’ll be sharing updates on the following topics: First—the use of development fund monies and issues referred to the Ministry of the Interior for clarification. In the previous newsletter, I shared important information…
October 19, 2024 Hello everyone. Happy Sukkot and Shabbat Shalom, I apologize in advance that these emails are a bit long. This isn’t a Facebook post, which by nature is short and to the point. Rather, it’s an in-depth newsletter…
October 4, 2024 Hello everyone, Happy New Year, a year of peace and prosperity. We’ve had a very difficult year, and I hope the coming year will be better for us. This newsletter will address two issues that came up…
September 27, 2024 Hello everyone, The previous newsletter, which discussed the 100 Founders / Old Ya’abetz Building, received many responses asking, “So what should we do?” There is overwhelming agreement that this unique public space must not be turned into…