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Daily Briefing: ISRAELI GOVT: SETTLEMENT EXPANSION TOP PRIORITY

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Israel’s Powerful New Finance Minister Aims to Entrench Israeli Rule in West Bank:  Dov Lieber and Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, Jan. 4, 2023

Smotrich: Government will fight to prevent dismantlement of Homesh Yeshivah:  Josh Hasten, JNS, Jan. 4, 2023

Netanyahu, Now Is the Best Time to Act:  David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom, Jan. 8, 2023

The European Union’s Deceit and the Israeli Response – Opinion:  Jenny Aharon, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 28, 2023


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Law Granting Residency Rights to Settlers Passes Knesset In 1st Reading Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 10, 2023 A bill granting Israeli residency rights to West Bank settlers, passed the Knesset 58-13 in a first reading that occurred after midnight on Tuesday.

Top Court Stalls Israeli Gov’t Plan to Repeal Disengagement Law Over West Bank Outpost Hagar Shezaf and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz, Jan. 2, 2023  Israel’s High Court has given the government 90 days to explain its decision to change course on the illegal West Bank settlement of Homesh, after the newly sworn-in government said it will repeal the Disengagement Law forbidding Israeli presence at evacuated sites.

Israeli Lawmaker to Propose Bill to Annex Jordan Valley Area of West Bank:  Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, Jan. 11, 2023 — An Israeli lawmaker is planning to introduce legislation to annex the Jordan Valley, an eastern strip of the West Bank that is home to roughly 30 Jewish settlements.

Likud MK Tells US Envoy That Israel Will Continue to Push for Settlement ExpansionJacob Magid, Times of Israel, Jan. 11, 2023 Likud MK Yuli Edelstein told US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides on Wednesday that the new Israeli government plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, despite the Biden administration’s objections.

Knesset Panel Fast-Tracks Legislation to Strip PA-Funded Terrorists of Citizenship:  JNS, Jan. 9, 2023 A Knesset panel on Monday approved the fast-tracking of legislation to revoke the Israeli citizenship and residency of terrorists who receive a salary for their crimes from the Palestinian Authority.

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