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| Government announces NIS 1.3 billion toward establishing new West Bank settlements |
| 2026-07-15 |
The PA is paying a price in lost territory for refusing to negotiate a permanent peace treaty — or even a temporary ceasefire. We discussed the necessity of such consequences two decades ago — nice to see Bibi catching up. [IsraelTimes] The government formally announces that NIS 1.3 billion ($431 million) was allocated by the security cabinet last month to fund the establishment of dozens of new West Bank settlements approved by the government over the last three and a half years.The cabinet decision was formulated by the Prime Minister’s Office, and will be implemented by the Settlements Ministry and the Housing and Construction Ministry. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Settlements Minister Orit Strock and Housing and Construction Minister Haim Katz make the announcement, stating that the funds will be used to establish “pioneer neighborhoods” at the sites of newly approved settlements, which will include prefabricated homes, roads and infrastructure. The government has during its tenure approved 103 new West Bank settlements, an unprecedented number in the history of the settlement movement. The expedited establishment of the settlements will run in parallel to the usual settlement development process, Smotrich says, and appears designed to establish facts on the ground before any potential new government can reverse or stall the establishment of these settlements. “We are making sure that the decisions we made regarding the legalization and establishment of new settlements in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] do not remain on paper, but are translated into reality on the ground. One after another, we are passing budgetary government resolutions that allocate funding for roads, for infrastructure, and now also for buildings and caravans,” Smotrich says of the new settlement funding. |
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