US EditionIsrael approves independence for 13 West Bank settlements
- Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to recognize 13 West Bank settlements as independent, according to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- Smotrich stated that these settlements have faced management difficulties as they were previously part of larger communities.
- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry criticized this move as violating international legitimacy, stating it disregards resolutions.
- Hamas condemned the act, labeling it a desperate attempt to consolidate colonial occupation on Palestinian lands.
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Palestinian family goes out for dinner, returns to find Israeli settlers took over home
The settlers claimed to have legally purchased the house, near Hebron's Jewish enclave, entering it after the family left to attend an iftar dinner. IDF troops prevented the family from entering the home as settlers emptied it of their belongings
Israel Recognizes 13 Communities in Judea and Samaria
. Till now, the neighborhoods — some decades-old — were part of already-existing “mother communities.” “We continue, with God’s help, to lead a revolution of normalization and regulation in the settlement,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who spearheaded the initiative. “This is another important step on the way to actual sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.” The newly designated villages — spread across the Binyamin, Samaria, Gush Etzion, …
Tel Aviv., Over 50,000 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv’s troops expanded their offensive in the south of the enclave, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government approved the creation of an agency to manage the “voluntary exit” of the population of the strip, as well as the expansion of 13 illegal settlement neighborhoods in the reoccupied West Bank.
By Dana Karni and Tim Lister, CNN Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed that the security cabinet approved settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, as well as a proposal for the “voluntary” emigration of Palestinians from Gaza. Smotrich confirmed Sunday that 13 areas in the West Bank would be separated from existing settlements and recognized as independent settlements. A statement sent by Smotrich’s office said the move com…
Palestinians slam Israeli move to expand West Bank settlements
The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli move to recognise more than a dozen illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighbourhoods to independent settlement status. The decision by Israel's security cabinet was a show of "disregard for international legitimacy and its resolutions", said a statement from the Palestinian Authority's foreign ministry. The West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, is…
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