Source: CNN
“Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of [squats] in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Smotrich, who is in charge of the [squats], said on Monday that he had instructed his department to ‘prepare the necessary infrastructure for applying sovereignty.’ It is unclear whether his long-standing desire to apply full Israeli law in West Bank [squats] has any chance of being implemented soon. The Prime Minister’s Office is yet to comment on Smotrich’s order. However, earlier Monday, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s 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’s first term as US president and added that ‘if it will be relevant it will be discussed again with our friends in Washington.'” (11/12/24)