From the Liveblog of
Monday, November 18, 2019
Right-wing MK calls for applying sovereignty to settlements
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer justice minister Ayelet Shaked of the New Right party also reacts to the US decision, saying that “now is the time to apply our sovereignty to these communities.”
“Thank you President Trump and Secretary Pompeo for recognizing that there is nothing illegal about Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,” she says in an English-language tweet. “The Jewish People have the legal & moral right to live in their ancient homeland.”
Thank you Pres @realDonaldTrump & @SecPompeo for recognizing that there is nothing illegal about Jewish communities in Judea & Samaria
The Jewish People have the legal & moral right to live in their ancient homeland
Now is the time to apply our sovereignty to these communities
— איילת שקד Ayelet Shaked (@Ayelet__Shaked) November 18, 2019
“It is indeed better late than never,” she says in another, Hebrew-language tweet. “Settlement in Judea and Samaria does not contravene international law and it is good that the world’s greatest superpower is telling the truth and correcting this longstanding injustice.”
— Michael Bachner
The Times of Israel Community.