{"id":125008,"date":"2024-11-12T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125008"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:11:47","slug":"west-bank-israeli-minister-calls-for-preparations-to-annex-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125008","title":{"rendered":"West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d4zb94004n26qi8i0144k8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel\u2019s far-right finance minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/06\/middleeast\/israeli-minister-smotrich-starve-gazans-intl\/index.html\">Bezalel Smotrich<\/a>, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d4zdx20000396mjdf2bbnr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Smotrich, who is in charge of the settlements, said on Monday that he had instructed his department to \u201cprepare the necessary infrastructure for applying sovereignty.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d7890x00003b5w4oj6v3e5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It is unclear whether his long-standing desire to apply full Israeli law in West Bank settlements has any chance of being implemented soon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3ddl5i6000k3b6n3a0lpa0e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Prime Minister\u2019s Office is yet to comment on Smotrich\u2019s order. However, earlier Monday, Gideon Sa\u2019ar, Israel\u2019s new foreign minister, told a press briefing that the government had made no decision on the issue of annexation as yet, but noted it had been discussed during Donald Trump\u2019s first term as US president and added that \u201cif it will be relevant it will be discussed again with our friends in Washington.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dd143500013b6nrb1p5j38@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Observers said Smotrich\u2019s announcement was likely motivated in large part by staking out political ground in Israel\u2019s fractious domestic politics.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dbb2pj00003b6nvdt6v7qn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Still, it drew swift condemnation from the Palestinian Authority, whose foreign affairs ministry characterized such comments as \u201ca blatantly colonial and racist extension of the ongoing campaign of extermination and forced displacement against the Palestinian people.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dbtg4z000c3b6nv9c8ice0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority\u2019s presidency, said Smotrich\u2019s comments confirmed \u201cthe Israeli government\u2019s intention to finalize its plans for taking control of the West Bank by 2025\u201d and said he held both the \u201cIsraeli occupation authorities\u201d and the US administration responsible for allowing Israel to \u201cpersist in its crimes, aggression and defiance of international legitimacy and international law.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d5n3rf000q396mq62tduxi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Smotrich told the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, that US President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the US election \u201cbrings an important opportunity for the state of Israel.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d53jgk000c396mn85qmbxa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The \u201conly way to remove\u201d the \u201cthreat\u201d of a Palestinian state, Smotrich added, \u201cis to apply Israeli sovereignty over the entire settlements in Judea and Samaria,\u201d the biblical term by which Israelis refer to the West Bank.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d5vt32001b396ml4fh7gml@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel has occupied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/28\/middleeast\/israel-operation-west-bank-intl-hnk\/index.html\">the West Bank<\/a> since seizing the territory from Jordan in 1967. In the decades since, it has expanded Jewish settlements in the area, which are considered illegal under international law, despite signing a series of peace agreements with the Palestinians in the 1990s.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d5ofy8000s396mmsirbnjx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Around half a million Israelis live in West Bank settlements. Smotrich, himself a settler, has long called for Israeli law to apply in the settlements, and previously opposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/21\/middleeast\/israel-west-bank-bezalel-smotrich-settlements-intl-latam\/index.html\">the creation<\/a> of an independent Palestinian state.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d5zyz1001k396m63d3k3b6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The minister said he intends to \u201clead a government decision\u201d that will allow Israel to \u201cwork with the new administration of President Trump and the international community to apply sovereignty and achieve American and international recognition.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d61biq001n396m1ytajuw4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During his first term, Trump took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/middleeast\/trump-middle-east-iran-israel-saudi-gulf-mime-intl\/index.html\">several steps<\/a> in Israel\u2019s favor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/05\/middleeast\/trump-jerusalem-explainer-intl\/index.html\">In 2017, he recognized<\/a> Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upending decades of US policy and international consensus. He also recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/21\/politics\/trump-golan-heights-tweet\/index.html\">Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights<\/a>, which it captured from Syria during the 1967 war and is also considered occupied under international law.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d53jgk000e396m0mn2nm2i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI have instructed the Settlement Division in the Ministry of Defense and the Civil Administration to begin professional and comprehensive work to prepare the necessary infrastructure for applying sovereignty,\u201d Smotrich said on Monday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d53jgk000g396my8xtp6ff@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn his first term, President Trump led dramatic steps, including\u2026 affirming the legality and legitimacy of settlements in Judea and Samaria,\u201d Smotrich added. \u201cAlongside this, there were the Abraham Accords \u2013 peace for peace.\u201d Those accords, a set of agreements facilitated by Trump\u2019s first administration, saw Israel normalize relations with four Arab nations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d53jgk000h396m3iyh4frd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe were on the verge of applying sovereignty over the settlements in Judea and Samaria, and now the time has come to do so,\u201d Smotrich said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dd28r700043b6ny0sminya@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hamas, the Palestinian militant group Israel is fighting in the Gaza Strip some 60 miles from the West Bank, seized on Smotrich\u2019s comments, saying they confirmed \u201cthe colonial intentions of the occupation\u201d and refuted \u201cthe claims of those who are delusional about achieving peace and coexistence\u201d with Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3df19w2000z3b6npk7glqz0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said it was \u201ctantamount to an admission of the open war waged by the criminal entity against the Palestinian people.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dfq47w0007356nhdqp1lbe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel has been waging its war in Gaza since the Hamas-led terror attack on October 7 that killed 1,200 people and saw 250 taken hostage. Since then, more than 43,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the strip, with the United Nations reporting that most of the dead are women and children.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dg6m3200273b6n19jsoujn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At the same time, another major escalation of violence has been playing out in the West Bank, where more than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since the war began, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The attacks are occurring amid a surge in Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/19\/middleeast\/west-bank-settler-attacks-israel-cmd-intl\/index.html\">settler violence<\/a> across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, where some settlers continue a campaign targeting Palestinian civilians and infrastructure.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dfk54j001m3b6nbmaikssf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In both places, the violence shows little sign of abating, with Gaza hospital authorities on Monday reporting dozens of deaths from new strikes across the enclave.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dgncdx000c356nmwvvcfws@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At least 10 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Al Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital officials and the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). The aid group said the strike hit a cafe housing displaced people.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dgncdx000d356nxe74522l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Multiple strikes in Nuseirat in central Gaza killed at least 20, according to Al Awda hospital, while in Gaza City, an airstrike killed at least two people, according to Al Ahli Baptist hospital officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dgncdx000f356nqoaid3qi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment on the strikes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dfedq4001g3b6nv050vvn6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The latest violence comes even as Israeli Foreign Minister Sa\u2019ar suggested at his press briefing Monday that Israel was open to ending its military operations in Gaza. The foreign minister told the briefing that Palestinians would be able to return to their homes in the north when the war ends \u2013 though he cautioned this would not happen before Israel\u2019s objectives were achieved.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dgkd0e002d3b6n09mlr0mg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He also appeared to rule out the possibility of creating a separate Palestinian state, saying this would pose a security threat to Israel. Asked about the possibility, he responded, \u201cin a word: no.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dernc0000t3b6nw3lyc1bp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile, Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) leaders meeting in Riyadh for the Arab-Islamic summit condemned Israel\u2019s measures in the occupied West Bank.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dfp0p7001q3b6n4ap85hae@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In its closing statement, the summit called on the UN Security Council and international community to take action to \u201cstop the escalating illegal Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank that undermine the two-state solution\u201d and to \u201ccondemn colonial policies pursued by the occupying power to annex any part of the occupied Palestinian territory by force with the aim of expanding illegal settler colonialism.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3d4zb94004o26qihmfygs5n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional information.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/11\/middleeast\/israeli-minister-annexation-occupied-west-bank-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Israel\u2019s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 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