LONDON: Israel’s finance minister said on Monday that the Israeli government had begun a “settlement revolution” that would eventually extend to the Negev and Galilee.
“I’ve got news for you: We’ve only just begun the revolution in settlement. We’ll get to the Negev and the Galilee too,” Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X.
יש לי חדשות בשבילכם: רק התחלנו את המהפכה בהתיישבות. נגיע גם לנגב ולגליל. pic.twitter.com/hTB1xkLKGU
— בצלאל סמוטריץ' (@bezalelsm) July 6, 2026
His comments came just two days after Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan to establish 13 new settlements in the central occupied West Bank, a move Palestinian officials said would further isolate East Jerusalem from surrounding Palestinian communities.
