Tel Aviv—Israel’s Finance and Energy and Water Ministries are planning to bring the proposal for developing the Sde Barir phosphate field to the country’s National Planning Commission instead of the regional commission in an attempt to speed up the process. The move is expected to make objections to the project by the city of Arad, environmental groups, and the Health Ministry more difficult to lodge. Finance ministry sources stressed that the ministry views the Sde Barir phosphate field as a national project that would have tremendous economic impact on the Israeli economy for years to come. That being the case, the sources said the ministry is making every effort to move the project forward as quickly as possible. The move comes days after the Arad Municipality appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court against the preliminary approval of the Sde Barir mining project.
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