Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has announced a series of measures targeting the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian territories. These measures include the imposition of new sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, the legalization of five settlement outposts, and the implementation of Israeli law in areas administratively controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Additionally, a new Settlements Administration has been established with the authority to expropriate Palestinian land, approve housing construction in settlements, condemn Palestinian construction as illegal, and retroactively authorize illegal outposts. The Israeli security and political cabinet, under Netanyahu, has approved these actions, which also involve withdrawing executive powers from the Palestinian Authority in eastern Bethlehem and southeastern Jerusalem and the convening of the Supreme Court. These moves are part of a broader strategy to thwart any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state and to promote West Bank settlements.
Israel's Security Ministerial Council: Implementing Israeli law in areas administratively controlled by the Palestinian Authority. https://t.co/Dj8Y4MR3DX
Israel's Security Ministerial Council: Withdrawing executive powers from the Palestinian Authority in the areas of eastern Bethlehem and southeastern Jerusalem. https://t.co/fxCp1iOmNx
#Israel’s hardline finance minister says that the government would promote #WestBank settlements and punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority in response to #Palestinian moves against Israel on the international stage. https://t.co/uz1yq8kxls
BREAKING| Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announces that the Israeli security and political cabinet has approved the imposition of new sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, including the legalization of 5 settlement outposts and the convening of the Supreme… https://t.co/R4Muchr2vD
Under Netanyahu and Smotrich, a new Settlements Administration has the authority to expropriate Palestinian land, approve housing construction in settlements, condemn Palestinian construction as illegal, and retroactively authorize illegal outposts. https://t.co/1vdSbgGZXG
"My life’s work is to thwart any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state." In the wake of Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich's pledge to annex the West Bank, an unprecedented wave of home demolitions targeting Palestinians has commenced this week. On… https://t.co/2hoc9RcTj4