Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak approved the construction of buildings in the West Bank to serve as an educational facility for special-needs youth, his office said on Friday. The site, named Gevaot and located in the Gush Etzion bloc, "is not a settlement nor is it new in the Gush Etzion regional council, and is part of Alon Shvut," a nearby settlement, the statement from Barak's office said.
"This is an educational institution for a special-needs populace, on state-owned land, enabling to substitute temporary structures with permanent ones at the end of the process," it added. Acting chairman of the Gush Etzion regional council Yair Wolf told AFP the site, which currently contains approximately 60 caravans, will turn into a village for children with Down's syndrome. Wolf said the minister's decision would allow the currently run-down site to be transformed "into a high-level institution providing employment to Down syndrome youth."
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