The Israeli ultra nationalist quietly reshaping the West Bank
4 months, 1 week ago

The Israeli ultra nationalist quietly reshaping the West Bank

Live Mint  

TEL AVIV—From the far-right fringes of Israeli politics, Bezalel Smotrich called for years for the annexation of the West Bank. On Wednesday, Smotrich—who is Israel’s finance minister—celebrated his most recent achievement: The creation of municipal boundaries to build a new Jewish settlement that will connect a major West Bank settlement bloc with Jerusalem. But Smotrich has overseen the creation of a civilian body called the Settlements Administration with sweeping authority over civilian issues, including appropriating West Bank land, approving settlement expansion and issuing permits for construction. Under Smotrich, Israel’s 2024 budget allocated about $960 million, or 25% of the Transportation Ministry’s budget for road infrastructure, for improving the road network in the West Bank. In the recorded speech to settlers, Smotrich said the government has kept West Bank oversight within the Defense Ministry to give the impression that the military is still in control.

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Trump Won’t Say If He’d Allow Israel To Annex The West Bank As Gaza Suffers
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump Won’t Say If He’d Allow Israel To Annex The West Bank As Gaza Suffers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As Israel’s current military campaign against Palestinians surpasses 14 months, President-elect Donald Trump has avoided saying whether he would allow the U.S.-supported country to annex the occupied West Bank under his incoming administration. “I don’t want people from either side killed, and that includes whether it’s Russia, Ukraine, or whether it’s the Palestinians and the Israelis and …

US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to Israeli government
1 month ago

US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to Israeli government

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the occupied West Bank, including a well-established decades-old group that has close ties with Israeli leadership. Treasury’s Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the U.S. “remains committed to holding accountable those who seek to facilitate these destabilizing activities, which threaten the stability of …

Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel

Live Mint  

Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered a renewed push by some in Israel’s right-wing government to annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that is seen as illegal by most of the international community and could threaten Israel’s relations with its Arab allies. On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said in an interview with Israel’s …

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s West Bank settlers hope Trump’s return will pave the way for major settlement expansion

Associated Press  

BEIT EL, West Bank — As Donald Trump’s victory became apparent in last week’s U.S. elections, Jewish West Bank settlement advocates popped bottles of champagne and danced to the Bee Gees at a winery in the heart of the occupied territory, according to a post on Instagram. Not only did the expansion of housing for Jews in the West Bank …

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel

CNN  

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov. In an interview on Israeli Army Radio, Huckabee was asked whether the Trump administration would support annexation in the West Bank, known in Israel as applying “sovereignty.” “Well of course,” Huckabee said. “There’s not.” He’s been a supporter of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, …

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank
1 month, 1 week ago

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank

China Daily  

Israeli military vehicles operate during an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov 9, 2024. RAMALLAH - Palestinian authorities on Monday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks about the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian presidency, said in a press release that Smotrich's remarks …

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank
1 month, 1 week ago

Palestine condemns Israeli minister's remarks about annexing West Bank

China Daily  

Israeli military vehicles operate during an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov 9, 2024. RAMALLAH - Palestinian authorities on Monday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks about the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian presidency, said in a press release that Smotrich's remarks …

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements
1 month, 1 week ago

West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. However, earlier Monday, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s new foreign minister, told a press briefing that the government had made no decision on the issue of annexation as yet, but noted it had been discussed during Donald Trump’s first term as …

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | A West Bank watershed

Hindustan Times  

Beginning on Wednesday, August 28, at least three brigades of the Israeli Defense Forces have been conducting what is the largest Israeli military assault on the West Bank since 2002. The promised land While the scale of the IDF’s current operation is unprecedented for this century, Israel has been consistently conducting counter-terror raids in the West Bank since October 7. …

Way to fix Middle East conflict looks obvious—except to Israelis, Palestinians
4 months ago

Way to fix Middle East conflict looks obvious—except to Israelis, Palestinians

Live Mint  

Most of the world has long agreed on what it will take to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has now brought the Middle East to the brink of a regional war that would almost certainly draw in the U.S. “Right now, Israelis and Palestinians do not believe that the other side are human beings," said Khalil Shikaki, head of the …

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
5 months ago

Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is headed by a far-right settler leader, confirmed it budgeted 75 million shekels last year for …

Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
5 months ago

Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. The court said the General Assembly and Security Council — …

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law
5 months ago

Top U.N. court says Israel’s settlement policy in occupied territories violates international law

LA Times  

The top United Nations court, meeting at the Peace Palace in The Hague, said Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank and East Jerusalem violates international law. The court said the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council — where staunch Israeli ally the United States holds a veto — should consider “the precise modalities” to end Israel’s presence in the …

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it
5 months, 1 week ago

Israel minister demands West Bank annexation if UN court rules against it

Al Jazeera  

PM Netanyahu must order annexation of the West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli occupation is illegal, far-right minister says. Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Last month, Israel’s hardline coalition government approved …

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land
5 months, 1 week ago

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land

Al Jazeera  

Israel has illegally seized more land this year than over the past 20 years combined. In 2024, Israel illegally seized 23.7sq km of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, amid its ongoing war on Gaza. 1967 – Naksa During the June 1967 war, Israel occupied all of historical Palestine – including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem – …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. The proliferation of outposts has driven up settler violence in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas …

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

LA Times  

Mourners carry the bodies of four Palestinians, killed by an Israeli airstrike late Tuesday, during their funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams on Wednesday. Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring …

Smotrich dreams of Israel annexing the West Bank – is he doing it?
6 months ago

Smotrich dreams of Israel annexing the West Bank – is he doing it?

Al Jazeera  

A quiet takeover of occupied West Bank has been cooking for 18 months. The Israeli army’s Civil Administration handed more control over the occupied West Bank to the Settlements Administration, led by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in an illegal settlement himself. Since he entered government, Smotrich has pushed openly for more Israeli settlements in the occupied West …

Takeaways from AP’s report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank

Associated Press  

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — More than a dozen Israeli settlers — as well as two affiliated farms and four groups — have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. When settler Yinon Levi was sanctioned by the U.S. in February, he said his Israeli bank froze his accounts …

Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them

Associated Press  

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. Levi is among 13 hard-line Israeli settlers — as well as two affiliated outposts and four groups — targeted by international sanctions over accusations of …

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank
9 months ago

Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against Israel’s building of illegal settlements. Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building. “While there are those in Israel and in the world who seek to undermine …

US sanctions on Israeli settlers have sparked accusations of anti-Semitism — and cracked open a long-running international debate
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US sanctions on Israeli settlers have sparked accusations of anti-Semitism — and cracked open a long-running international debate

ABC  

Settlers: It's a word that the White House has focused heavily on over the last week and one which provokes a visceral response from the Israeli government. So strong is the pushback to any criticism of settlers that Israel's influential finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, this week accused US President Joe Biden of engaging in an "anti-Semitic lie". US government imposes …

Bezalel Smotrich | A settler on a holy mission
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bezalel Smotrich | A settler on a holy mission

The Hindu  

In 2021, a Zionist walked into the Knesset and vowed to kick Arabs out of the country. Mr. Smotrich’s biblical mandates have their limit: he may be a “proud homophobe”, but he refuses to “stone gays” to death. Political scholars argued that Mr. Smotrich’s remarks about Palestinian people and “erasing villages” reveal “his admiration for the biblical genocidaire Joshua bin …

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
1 year ago

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell says the bloc is ‘alarmed’ by the deadly violence in the occupied territory by ‘extremist settlers’. The European Union’s top diplomat says he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday said the bloc was “alarmed by the …

Fears grow West Bank will become another front in Israel’s war as violence surges
1 year, 2 months ago

Fears grow West Bank will become another front in Israel’s war as violence surges

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While international focus has been on the death and …

What is the West Bank? Why are tensions rising there?
1 year, 2 months ago

What is the West Bank? Why are tensions rising there?

Firstpost  

At least 64 Palestinians have been killed in protests in the West Bank during widespread protests against Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip in response to the 7 October Hamas attack. Palestinian officials say Israeli soldiers and settlers under police protection are attacking with impunity Amid the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas, tensions are rising in the …

Palestinians march at youth's funeral procession after settler rampage in flashpoint West Bank town
1 year, 2 months ago

Palestinians march at youth's funeral procession after settler rampage in flashpoint West Bank town

The Independent  

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Israel’s finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel’s finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control

Associated Press  

ASA’EL, West Bank — With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank — perhaps permanently. “If Smotrich keeps this position for four years we will be at a point of no return,” said Ilan Paz, former head of Israel’s Civil Administration, …

Israel's finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel's finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If Smotrich keeps this position …

Israel’s finance minister now governs West Bank. Critics see path to permanent control
1 year, 3 months ago

Israel’s finance minister now governs West Bank. Critics see path to permanent control

LA Times  

Campaign posters for far-right Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich, now finance minister, are strung across a road sign near the West Bank city of Nablus. With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank — perhaps permanently. “If Smotrich keeps this position for …

Former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing apartheid system in West Bank
1 year, 3 months ago

Former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing apartheid system in West Bank

The Hindu  

A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank, joining a tiny but growing list of retired officials to endorse an idea that remains largely on the fringes of Israeli discourse and international diplomacy. “In a territory where two people are judged under two …

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank
1 year, 3 months ago

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former head of Israel’s …

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank
1 year, 3 months ago

A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank

Associated Press  

HERZLIYA, Israel — A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank, joining a tiny but growing list of retired officials to endorse an idea that remains largely on the fringes of Israeli discourse and international diplomacy. Tamir Pardo becomes the latest former senior …

Israel to ramp up settlement expansion in occupied West Bank
1 year, 6 months ago

Israel to ramp up settlement expansion in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

The finance minister was granted sweeping powers to expedite construction, bypassing measures in place for 27 years. Israel’s hardline coalition government has approved plans for thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank and given the far-right finance minister sweeping powers to expedite the construction of illegal settlements, bypassing measures that have been in place for 27 years. …

Israeli settlers march to occupied West Bank outpost
1 year, 8 months ago

Israeli settlers march to occupied West Bank outpost

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven cabinet ministers marched to Evyatar, an illegal settlement outpost in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank that was evacuated by the previous Israeli government in 2021. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir – both settlers in the occupied West Bank – and at least 20 members of the Knesset …

How problematic are illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank?
1 year, 9 months ago

How problematic are illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank?

Al Jazeera  

Israel has scrapped parts of a law barring settlers from some areas of the occupied West Bank. Israel’s parliament has overturned part of a law that banned illegal settlements in an area of the occupied Palestinian territories. The law has been in place since 2005, when Israeli settlers were moved out of the northern region of the occupied West Bank …

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout
1 year, 9 months ago

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist West Bank settler now serving as minister in charge of police, said Tuesday that the repeal of the ban corrects “a historic injustice” …

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout
1 year, 9 months ago

Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

LA Times  

A Palestinian youth holds a national flag next to a water tank in the former Israeli settlement of Homesh near the West Bank city of Jenin on Oct. 3, 2013. Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza …

Arab states condemn Israeli minister’s ‘no Palestinians’ remark
1 year, 9 months ago

Arab states condemn Israeli minister’s ‘no Palestinians’ remark

Al Jazeera  

The Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan have condemned as “racist” a firebrand Israeli minister’s remarks denying the existence of the Palestinian people, with Amman summoning Israel’s ambassador for a rebuke. Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said before a cabinet meeting on Monday the “inflammatory statements” made by Smotrich provided “conclusive evidence of the extremist, racist Zionist ideology … of …

Israeli minister inciting violence with remarks: UN rights chief
1 year, 9 months ago

Israeli minister inciting violence with remarks: UN rights chief

Al Jazeera  

Volker Turk slams Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s comments calling for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be ‘wiped out’. The human rights chief of the United Nations has criticised Israel’s far-right finance minister for remarks in which he called for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be “wiped out”, describing the comments as “an unfathomable statement of incitement to violence …

Israel and Palestinians agree on steps to curb violence
1 year, 9 months ago

Israel and Palestinians agree on steps to curb violence

Al Jazeera  

Israel has agreed to stop the authorisation of illegal settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank for six months, a joint statement says. In a joint statement at the end of the meeting in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba in Jordan on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said that they would work closely to prevent “further violence” and would …

Israel promises not to approve additional West Bank outposts
1 year, 10 months ago

Israel promises not to approve additional West Bank outposts

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel has told the Biden administration it will rein in the approval of new West Bank settlement outposts, the prime minister’s office said Monday, a day after a potential diplomatic crisis was averted at the United Nations over Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not greenlight any new wildcat settlements in …

‘Strongly opposed’: European powers denounce Israel settlements
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Strongly opposed’: European powers denounce Israel settlements

Al Jazeera  

Ministers from France, Germany, Italy and UK join US in saying planned expansion in occupied West Bank will increase tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. The foreign ministers of five Western powers say they are “deeply troubled” by the far-right Israeli government’s decision to push ahead with the construction of thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank. “We continue …

Removal of West Bank outpost tests Israel’s new coalition
1 year, 11 months ago

Removal of West Bank outpost tests Israel’s new coalition

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities on Friday dismantled a small settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, a day after it was erected, in a major test to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new ruling coalition. Defense Minister Yoav Galant ordered the outpost evacuated but Bezalel Smotrich — head of the ultranationalist Religious Zionism party and a Cabinet minister with jurisdiction over …

Analysis: Israeli government starts by pushing far-right agenda
1 year, 11 months ago

Analysis: Israeli government starts by pushing far-right agenda

Al Jazeera  

Only three weeks into office, the new Israeli government is planning to change the judicial system and wants to crack down further on Palestinians. Occupied East Jerusalem – The new Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has already begun working on pushing through its far-right policies, after coming into office on December 29. Here are the main developments …

Israel’s Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda
1 year, 11 months ago

Israel’s Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda

Associated Press  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government has wasted no time implementing its ultra-nationalist agenda, including adopting a seemingly petty ban on displaying the Palestinian flag and shaking the foundations of Israel’s democracy with a proposed legal assault on the Supreme Court. Palestinians successfully lobbied the U.N. General Assembly to seek a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice on …

Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority
1 year, 11 months ago

Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies. “One day we’ll all wake up and Netanyahu is not going to be prime minister, but …

Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority
1 year, 11 months ago

Netanyahu government: West Bank settlements top priority

The Hindu  

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with its ultranational allies. Mr. Netanyahu’s new government — the most religious and hard-line in Israel’s history — is made up …

Netanyahu gov’t says West Bank settlement expansion top priority
1 year, 11 months ago

Netanyahu gov’t says West Bank settlement expansion top priority

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s incoming far-right government made the announcement a day before it is set to be sworn into office. Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hardline Israeli government has put settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank at the top of its list of priorities, a day before it is set to be sworn into office. Netanyahu’s Likud party released the new government’s policy …

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