JERUSALEM: The Israeli government has the coming hard line of Benjamin Netanyahu west coast settlement expansion at the top of the priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex occupied territory as part of an alliance agreement with allies extreme nationalism.
The coalition agreements, announced a day before the government is sworn in, also include language advocating discrimination against LGBTQ people on the grounds of religion, controversial judicial reform, as well as legal reform. such as generous subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men who prefer to study rather than work. The package lays the groundwork for what is believed to be a tumultuous start for Mr. Netanyahu’s government and could put it at odds with much of the Israeli public and Israel’s closest allies in the region. foreign.
Israel captured the West Bank in 1967 along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Palestinians see the West Bank as the center of a future independent state. In the decades since, Israel has built dozens of Jewish settlements there, which are now home to some 500,000 Israelis who live alongside some 2.5 million Palestinians. Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
In response to a request for comment, the Palestinian leadership stressed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could only be resolved through the establishment of a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. Without a negotiated two-state solution, “there will be no peace, security or stability in the region,” he said. Nabil Abu RdenehSpokesperson of the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas. The Biden administration has said it strongly opposes settlement expansion and has reprimanded the Israeli government for it in the past.
Mr. Netanyahu’s new government includes the ultra-Orthodox parties, a far-right religious nationalist faction affiliated with the West Bank settlement movement, and his government. Likud party. In an alliance agreement between Likud and their ally, the Zionist party, Netanyahu pledged to legalize wildcat settlement outposts, which even the Israeli government considers illegal. He also promised to annex the West Bank “while choosing the timing and taking into account the national and international interests of the state of Israel. “Such a move would alienate much of the world.
The coalition agreements, announced a day before the government is sworn in, also include language advocating discrimination against LGBTQ people on the grounds of religion, controversial judicial reform, as well as legal reform. such as generous subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men who prefer to study rather than work. The package lays the groundwork for what is believed to be a tumultuous start for Mr. Netanyahu’s government and could put it at odds with much of the Israeli public and Israel’s closest allies in the region. foreign.
Israel captured the West Bank in 1967 along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Palestinians see the West Bank as the center of a future independent state. In the decades since, Israel has built dozens of Jewish settlements there, which are now home to some 500,000 Israelis who live alongside some 2.5 million Palestinians. Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
In response to a request for comment, the Palestinian leadership stressed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could only be resolved through the establishment of a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. Without a negotiated two-state solution, “there will be no peace, security or stability in the region,” he said. Nabil Abu RdenehSpokesperson of the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas. The Biden administration has said it strongly opposes settlement expansion and has reprimanded the Israeli government for it in the past.
Mr. Netanyahu’s new government includes the ultra-Orthodox parties, a far-right religious nationalist faction affiliated with the West Bank settlement movement, and his government. Likud party. In an alliance agreement between Likud and their ally, the Zionist party, Netanyahu pledged to legalize wildcat settlement outposts, which even the Israeli government considers illegal. He also promised to annex the West Bank “while choosing the timing and taking into account the national and international interests of the state of Israel. “Such a move would alienate much of the world.
