Asher: Beit Shemesh overtaking Bnei Brak

Asher expressed appreciation to the Housing and Construction Ministry for advancing the project. "The Housing Ministry is already doing infrastructure and paving work for the neighborhood with a chareidi character, as a solution for the chareidi public," he said. "We must thank the Housing Minister, Rav Goldknopf, and his energetic and professional director-general Yehuda Morgenstern for the rapid pace at which this neighborhood is taking shape."

On public infrastructure, Asher turned to Mayor Greenberg and emphasized the importance of building educational institutions and shuls before residents move in. "So that we don't return to the scenes we once had in the new neighborhoods here, where it was very difficult, people arrived and looked for all kinds of things," he said. He also addressed the need to develop economic resources and employment centers in the city.

Regarding the Mecheir LaMishtaken lottery system, Asher revealed a behind-the-scenes battle. "Baruch Hashem, with great pressure from us and with the help of a legal claim... we prevented a retroactive decision," he said. "We do not agree that they should do this going forward, and with Hashem's help, with the strength we will reach the next elections with, we will change this thing as well."

Asher ended with a sharp political call ahead of the local elections. "Now is the time to open campaign headquarters and tell all our people: you are not doing a favor for anyone, only for yourselves," he declared. "No one will take care of these things for us, no one cares. We need to take ourselves in hand."

Deputy mayor and planning committee chairman Shimon Goldberg, who organized the tour, thanked MK Asher and the national chareidi representation. "We are very grateful for the backing you have given us all these years," he said. "Without you, we would not have been able to develop Beit Shemesh as it is being done today. Everything we do depends in the end on the National Council and the district committees. The influence on them - all of this comes from the strength we have from the officials in the Knesset and the government."

Mayor Shmuel Greenberg, who accompanied the delegation, joined the thanks and emphasized the city's uniqueness. "Beit Shemesh is the real solution to the housing crisis," he said. "Its location and its pastoral quality have made it the most.

In September, the District Planning and Building Committee approved for deposit the "Central Quarter" plan in Beit Shemesh, an additional project that will include approximately 16,000 housing units on an area of about 1,000 dunams in the heart of the city. The plan, designed with construction adapted to the needs of the chareidi public, also includes a significant employment zone, commerce, educational institutions and public facilities.