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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

New Israeli Government Vows to Develop West Bank Tourism

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP)

The tourism minister of Israel's new hardline government on Sunday promised to invest in developing the West Bank, calling the occupied area “our local Tuscany.” 

Haim Katz made the comments days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government took office, promising in its coalition guidelines to make West Bank settlement construction a top priority. His coalition includes far-right settler leaders in top posts. 

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