At a meeting of his Religious Zionist Party (HaTzionut HaDatit) on Nov. 11, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that he has ordered that a plan be drawn up for Israel’s full annexation of the West Bank.
Smotrich and his settler allies appear to be laying the same groundwork for Gaza, where Israel has murdered 44,383 Palestinians, by official count, which is likely double that number in fact.
Smotrich stated, according to CNN, “I intend, with God’s help, to lead a government decision that says that the government of Israel will work with the administration of President Trump and the international community to apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria [the West Bank], and for American and international recognition, and to end the Israeli-Arab conflict in the Middle East.”
“I instructed the Settlement Administration at the Security Ministry and the Civil Administration to begin professional and comprehensive staff work, and to prepare the necessary infrastructure for the application of sovereignty. The year 2025 will be … the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.” Smotrich continued, according to Haaretz, “The new Nazis need to pay a price through land that will be permanently taken from them, both in Gaza and in Judea and Samaria.”
