Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also holds a ministerial position in the Defense Ministry, gave approval for this morning’s demolition of the illegal West Bank outpost of Tzur Harel, unnamed defense sources tell the Kan public broadcaster.
The operation was also rubberstamped by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the report says.
According to the outlet, the demolition was approved after a number of attacks on Palestinians in the area by extremist settlers.
Earlier this morning, the settlers violently attacked Civil Administration and Border Police personnel involved in evacuating and demolishing the outpost. The rioters threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at the forces, burnt tires and set a vehicle on fire at the entrance to the outpost when the forces arrived to evacuate the site, the Civil Administration said.
According to the Civil Administration, which runs civil affairs in the West Bank, Tzur Harel was illegally built on private Palestinian land.
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