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      <title>New plan for eastern Negev ‘practical Zionism,’ Smotrich says</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Israel is advancing a $31.8 million initiative to encourage demographic and economic growth in the country’s south.]]></description>
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      <title>Israel approves 764 new homes in Judea, Samaria</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Final approval by the Supreme Planning Council clears the way for the plans’ official publication and the start of the building-permit process.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Netanyahu submits ‘balanced, responsible' 2026 state budget</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The proposed budget "above all meets all of Israel's security needs," the premier stated.]]></description>
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      <title>Smotrich praises Netanyahu for reported backing of Judea, Samaria outposts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["Together, we will kill the idea of a Palestinian state," said the Israeli finance minister.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Junction near Evyatar inaugurated, 18 months after outpost’s approval</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Upgrading the junction is another link in the tremendous momentum we are driving in Judea and Samaria,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PA ‘supports and funds terrorism,’ Smotrich says, calling for its dissolution</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The P.A. should be replaced by a civilian administrative body that "does not seek to annihilate the State of Israel," said the Israeli Finance Minister.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:34:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's dairy crisis: what's next?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advances dairy import reform as milk shortages and concerns over rising prices intensify.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>‘Jurisdiction zone’ set for Jewish towns in Samaria and Jordan Valley</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The order, which formally demarcates municipal boundaries, is an official step closer towards the full legalization of these communities.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>‘A whole new model’ is needed for retaining IDF career soldiers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former officers express skepticism over the government’s 3.25 billion-shekel plan for career soldiers, pointing to an ongoing military personnel crisis.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel to grant new immigrants two-year income-tax exemption</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Veterans Israelis who spent 10 or more years abroad will also be eligible.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:02:10 GMT</pubDate>
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