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Monday, November 18, 2019
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Monday, November 18, 2019
Settler leader says US move ‘a major step’ toward annexation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBinyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz also praises the State Department’s change of policy on settlements and calls on the government to annex the West Bank.
“This is a major step toward [Israeli] sovereignty [in the West Bank],” he says.
“We applaud the decision of the American government to recognize the right of the Jewish people to settle, plant and build throughout Judea and Samaria,” Gantz adds, using the biblical name for the West Bank.
“Now is the time for the Israeli government to declare it is applying Israeli law in Judea and Samaria.”
— Jacob Magid
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