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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken steps toward cementing Israel's control of the West Bank with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leading the way

The Independent UK

Netanyahu: ‘Exhausting Every Possibility’ To Reach Reform Compromise

Netanyahu is working to “exhaust every possibility” of reaching an agreement with the opposition on government’s judicial reform

Zenger

IDF Approves Legal Borders Of Three New Judea Communities

The setting of boundaries marks the first step in the legalization under Israeli law, of nine outposts approved earlier this year.

Zenger

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Finance minister to renew funds to Palestinians in Israel after backlash

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich said the money was prompting crime among Palestinian communities, triggering outrage.

Al Jazeera

Samaria Leader Presents Plan To Boost Jewish Population

The Samaria Regional Council unveiled a plan to increase the number of Jewish residents

Zenger

Israel’s Cabinet Approves $843m For Eastern Jerusalem

The Israeli government on Sunday approved a five-year investment plan in the residents of eastern Jerusalem.

Zenger

Israeli Security Forces Evacuate Unauthorized Samaria Outpost

Israeli forces on Monday morning evacuated the Givat Aira Shahar outpost in the Binyamin Regional Council east of Ramallah

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How Israel occupied itself

How the brutal Israeli occupation of the West Bank has come home to roost in Israel itself

Salon

Israeli minister dismisses US ‘terror’ label after deadly settler attack

Avi Dichter brushes off US use of the term ‘terror attack’ to describe the killing of a Palestinian by settlers.

Al Jazeera

Smotrich Freezes Special Grant To Arab Localities

Bezalel Smotrich rejected a request from the Interior Minister to transfer millions of shekels earmarked for Arab municipalities

Zenger

Israeli Cabinet Divided On Concessions To PA

Clear disagreements emerged between Netanyahu on the one hand, and National Security Minister on the other,

Zenger

Democrat calls on Biden to stop ‘racists’ in Israeli government from ‘land grab’

Senator Chris Van Hollen says president should reassess military aid to Israel in light of extreme rightward tilt of government

The Guardian - US

Israeli Opposition Leader To Challenge Restrictive Judicial Reform Law In Supreme Court

Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid party petitions against the law limiting judges' use of 'reasonableness' standard.

Zenger

Are Netanyahu’s legal troubles behind push for judicial change?

The judiciary has proven to be a problem for the Israeli PM, who is on trial on corruption and fraud charges.

Al Jazeera

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The Guardian - US

White House ends months-long snub to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to visit US

No date set for far-right Israel PM’s visit as arrival of President Isaac Herzog highlights over creeping annexation of West Bank

Al Jazeera

Israel sets record for illegal settlement approvals: Rights group

Peace Now said that Israel has approved the construction of almost 13,000 housing units in illegal settlements.

Zenger

IDF General Balks Government On Illegal Palestinian Construction

Israel Defense ForcesCentral Command head Maj

The National (Scotland)

Battle for Jenin an ominous sign of things to come on the West Bank

IT’S hard to believe that it happened 21 years ago now. But the events of the past week that saw Israel’s military assault into the Palestinian…

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The Independent UK

A Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli in the West Bank, a day after Israel's military raid in area

A Palestinian man has opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing one Israeli, before he was shot and killed by Israeli forces

Tribune News Service

Max Hastings: History shows Israel’s military strength may be its weakness

The last time that I visited the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, was almost 20 years ago. In a camp outside Bethlehem a delightful 31-year-old woman named Hanavi Ramban, mother of five children, said to me: “A Palestinian state is the only hope for us the refugees, who…

Zenger

Israel’s Finance Minister Urges Netanyahu To Oppose U.S. Return To UNESCO

Bezalel Smotrich cites anti-Israel bias, calling for the removal of Palestinian Authority from the organization.

Al Jazeera

Israel approves plans for thousands of illegal settlement homes

Defence Ministry committee approves more than 5,000 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera

US says ‘engaging’ with Israel after West Bank settler attacks

White House comments come after US ambassador to Israel said Washington will not ‘stand by and watch settler violence’.

Al Jazeera

Israel to ramp up settlement expansion in occupied West Bank

The finance minister was granted sweeping powers to expedite construction, bypassing measures in place for 27 years.

The Independent UK

Israeli government gives settler minister control over West Bank settlement planning

Israel’s government has granted a pro-settlement firebrand authority over planning in the occupied West Bank and lifted red tape on the settlement housing approval process

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