(Ha'aretz) Nathan Guttman, Uri Ash, and Aluf Benn - A ministerial committee on the development of rural areas Tuesday approved a plan to develop sources of employment on the Golan Heights by upgrading the tourism infrastructures in nine established towns. According to a senior source in the Prime Minister's Office, Sharon "regrets that the rural development plan is being exploited in a distorted and unnecessary way for political purposes." "Identical plans have been adopted in the past and have been approved for the Negev and Galilee," he said. The plan does not include the establishment of nine new towns, as reported by Yediot Ahronot on Wednesday. About 17,000 Israelis now live in the Golan.
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