Just part of the plan to destroy all Palestinians – Peter
Israel’s government has approved 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank despite some Western countries threatening targeted sanctions.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an ultra-nationalist who advocates for Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, said on Thursday the new settlements would be located in the northern area of the West Bank but did not specify where.
Israel’s Defense Ministry said that among the new Jewish settlements, existing “outposts” would be legalised and new settlements would also be built.
“[It] strengthens our hold on Judea and Samaria [West Bank], anchors our historical right in the Land of Israel, and constitutes a crushing response to Palestinian terrorism,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said.
He added it was also “a strategic move that prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel”.
Around 700,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, territories Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 war.
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