Government decided to repeal it's decision to build a complementary airport to Ben Gurion

The government has decided to repeal "Resolution 2050", which stipulates that an international airport must be established in the Jezreel Valley, which will function as a complementary airport to Ben Gurion Airport.
The proposal was submitted by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Merav Michaeli and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The wording of the decision states that the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Environmental Protection and the Minister of Tourism "have no comments" regarding the decision.
The decision stipulates that a "steering team" will be established under the leadership of Minister Michaeli, with the participation of the Ministry of Transportation, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Economic Council, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Planning Administration, the Ministry of Tourism and the Israel Land Authority. Is expected to give its recommendation on a recommended location for a new international airport within about nine months.
The proposal also states that the move has no effect on the budget or manpower. The reality, how to say - is different. The cancellation of the Ramat David alternative will lead to the loss of approximately NIS 35 million invested in planning and preparing an environmental survey. Also, about 200 workers worked on the project and workers will now have to finish their work ahead of time. In addition, it is likely that external professional consultants will also be required as part of the new steering team. Government sources claim that in addition to the direct costs, the delay in the construction of an international airport will cost the economy billions more and the State of Israel will be "thrown back a decade."
However, the government may be leaving an escape route that will allow it not to cancel the preparation of the environmental survey for the Ramat David airport - which may mean that this option is not completely dropped from the table. Section E of the proposal states that "the provisions of this decision shall not derogate from the provisions of the Planning and Building Law 1965, and shall not prejudice the discretion of the planning institutions, including examination of alternatives as required by them, or previous decisions they have made."
The cancellation of Resolution 2050 means that it is doubtful whether another international airport in Israel will be promoted in the coming years, as there is opposition from the defense establishment, the Civil Aviation Authority (RTA) and blue and white chairman Bnei Gantz to the construction of an airport in Nabatieh. The intention to cancel the airport in the Jezreel Valley appears in the guidelines of the current government, along with the intention to establish another airport in Israel, and it is an election promise of Minister Michaeli and Foreign Minister Lapid.
Government Decision 2050 that the Minister is working to repeal is from 2014, and it states that according to the existing factual infrastructure, the preferred location for the construction of a complementary airport is in the "Ramat David" base area in the Jezreel Valley. However, the decision to build an airport in Ramat David has met with much opposition from residents of the Jezreel Valley and the region, and at the same time heads of local authorities and residents in the south have expressed support for the construction of an international airport in Nabataeans. The dual support led to the fact that in 2017 the National Planning and Building Council decided to prepare two detailed plans for complementary airports, in Nevatim and Ramat David, and let the government decide between the two.
The Israeli government defined as early as 2011 that the construction of a complementary airport to Ben Gurion Airport is an urgent national need. The airports and between the various airlines. When Ben Gurion Airport 2000 was launched in 2004, it was determined that on the day that the annual number of passengers would reach 12 million, the state would build a new airport.
According to professionals who spoke with Calcalist, the possibility of establishing an airport in Nabatieh is almost nil. Among others, there is considerable opposition from officials from the Ministry of Transportation and the Civil Aviation Authority, some members of the budget department, Netivei Israel, which believes in carrying out the project, the IDF, the Ministry of Defense and the National Security Council. It is claimed that the only body that prevents the construction of an airport in the south is the Air Force, and that the other bodies align themselves with the firm position of the corps. Ramon and Ben Gurion Airport and Negev Air Force bases, such as Hatzerim and Nevatim. Add to this the fact that planes cannot fly through Sinai or the Gaza Strip, so airspace will be even more limited.