Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday issued a statement that his government will look into strengthening the illegal settlement in the West Bank’s Judea and Samaria in response to Ireland, Spain, and Norway’s decision to recognize Palestine as an independent state.
Israel announced last week that it is withholding $35 million in tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority, which oversees the West Bank, and will give the money to Israeli families who have been impacted by terrorism.
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli foreign minister, repeated the call to rebuild settlements in Gaza during a meeting with settlers in the southern kibbutz of Nitzan, according to a report.
Chanting “Death to Arabs” and “Muhammad is Dead,” a frenzied mob of tens of thousands of far-right Israelis took part in the Jerusalem Day Flag March through the Muslim Quarter of the city to threaten and confront Arabs.
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli finance minister who now represents the view of most Israelis, said in an interview on Thursday that Israel should make a Palestinian town in the West Bank look like Gaza in its fight against terror.
Israel’s two most outspoken ultra-religious extremists Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir rejected the most recent ceasefire proposal that would assure the release of hostages, stating that they will dissolve the government if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to such a proposal.
Israeli land-stealers, called “settlers” in the Western media, carried out a three-hour rampage in the West Bank leaving what was described as a trail of destruction in the village of Duma, which is south of Nablus, last month.
Israel has set its sights on a swath of farmland in the West Bank that will separate Palestinians from their property with a separation wall that will span several kilometers in the latest land steal since the Hamas attack on 7 October.
Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s extremist finance minister, announced Friday that 1,977 acres (3.8 square miles) in the occupied West Bank is now considered “state land,” which means his fellow settlers will be able to erect buildings there.
Eliyahu Mali, Israel’s top rabbi in Jaffa, said last week that the Torah calls for the killing of all Palestinian men, women, children, and babies in Gaza, stating that there should not be a soul still alive after the conflict.