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Legal and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Defense Minister Israel Katz told settlements leaders on Tuesday that “with God’s help when the time comes, we will also establish… pioneer groups in northern Gaza, in place of the settlements that were evacuated.” He later walked back his statements, but not before Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich doubled down on them and also pushed for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince US President Donald Trump to recognize annexation of the West Bank during his upcoming US trip. We dive into the issues of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in the first half of the program.
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The IPC famine monitoring organization stated on Friday that food security conditions in the entire Gaza Strip “remain critical,” in a new report covering the second half of October and all of November that classified the territory as being in the “Emergency” Phase 4 category — the fourth highest of its five levels of food insecurity. Sharon explains Israel’s criticism of the report and raises the question of whether the Hamas-run Gazan Health Ministry has been manipulating its numbers of war casualties.
Earlier this month, the High Court of Justice ruled unanimously 7-0 to annul the government’s decision to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, asserting that the government had failed to provide legal justification for its decision to change the way an AG is fired, and determining that the new system it designed was fundamentally flawed. Sharon reviews the decision and updates us on the ongoing existential crisis between the government and the court.
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For further reading:
Katz vows Israel will build settlements in northern Gaza, later walks back comments
Dozens of settler activists enter Gaza, plant Israeli flags in bid to resettle enclave
PA accuses Israel of ‘tightening colonial control’ over West Bank with new settlements
Government announces 19 new West Bank settlements and legalized outposts
UN report on malnutrition ‘crisis’ in Gaza ‘doesn’t reflect reality,’ experts say
Israel says famine monitor did not seek aid facilitators’ input for upcoming Gaza report
High Court annuls firing of attorney general; cabinet ministers urge defiance of ruling
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