Judea and Samaria
“History knocked on the door of our home and gave us a one-time opportunity to apply Israeli law on settlements,” said Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
No Israelis or Palestinians would be uprooted from their homes, a point U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized in presenting the blueprint.
Senior religious Zionist rabbis that penned a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of the dangers of the Trump peace plan are “squandering the moment.”
The announcement of the details of the “deal of the century” represents a crisis for the Palestinian Authority, which will have no choice but to respond, but has limited options available to do so.
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley is a bluff, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud Party campaign launch ahead of March 2 elections.
Some 30 activists with the anti-Zionist “Anarchists Against the Wall” group have been banned from the area for instigating weekly violent provocations in several Palestinian villages.
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority will oversee the opening of the new sites, and 12 existing reserves will also be expanded.
“He understands what needs to be done to get the Israelis and the Palestinians closer together,” said King Abdullah II, although he has expressed concern about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by announcing that the United States is “disavowing” the 1978 Hansell Memorandum, a State Department memo that claimed Israeli settlements violate international law.
Israeli Defense Minister Bennett reveals a campaign to develop and legalize unauthorized outposts in Judea and Samaria, and greatly increase the area’s Jewish population.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls 1978 State Department memo arguing that Israeli settlements were illegal “deeply flawed” and says America is “returning to a balanced Reagan-era approach.”
The victim’s family expressed satisfaction with the verdict and called for Israel to implement a death penalty for terrorists.
