Jerusalem, 29 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Hundreds of Jewish community leaders from around the world attending the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Israel gathered today, Monday, June 29, at Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha, one of the communities violently attacked on October 7, for the cornerstone-laying ceremony of the Western Negev Building Project.
As part of the initiative, up to 1,000 new housing units will be built across communities in the Western Negev region, welcoming new families who choose to make their homes there and helping drive the area’s recovery and future growth.
“The Western Negev Building Project represents the transition from recovery to renewal — not simply rebuilding what was destroyed but expanding communities and laying the foundation for long-term demographic and communal growth in the region,” said the Jewish Agency.