Settlers Are Already Executing Smotrich’s Plan to Annex West Bank, Residents Say – truthout
“After working behind the scenes for months, members of the far-right coalition propping up Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are moving to hand over control of the West Bank to civilian authorities close to Israeli settlers, some of whom believe they have a divine right to terrorize and displace their Palestinian neighbors. Home to 3 million Palestinians who live between webs of checkpoints, road blockades and illegal settlements, Israel has for decades occupied the West Bank.
“It’s no secret that Bezalel Smotrich, an extremist settler and powerful minister in Netanyahu’s government, is orchestrating the de facto annexation of the West Bank. This will facilitate the expansion of paramilitary outposts and Jewish-only residential colonies that even allies in the United States consider to be illegal under international law.
Like Palestinian residents of the West Bank, Haaretz warns that Smotrich’s plan has Netanyahu’s blessing and is underway ‘right now.’ Smotrich appeared to confirm this on Sunday after details emerged of his plan to consolidate the Israeli settler movement’s control over the West Bank by transferring key governing powers from military officials to civilian administrators.”
Smotrich Has a Plan to Annex the West Bank and Netanyahu Supports It – Haaretz
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