All ministers from the ruling Likud party sign onto a joint letter urging Prime Minister Netanyahu to move forward with plans to extend Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria by the end of the month.
Members of Israel’s ruling Likud party have called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with plans to apply Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria by the end of the month.
On Wednesday night, Likud lawmakers, including all of the party’s government ministers other than Netanyahu, as well as Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, released a joint letter calling for a government vote to apply Israeli law to Judea and Samaria before the end of the current Knesset session at the end of July.
“This is the time to approve in government a decision to apply sovereignty,” the letter reads in part.
“Following the State of Israel’s historic achievements in the face of Iran’s axis of evil and its sympathizers, the task must be completed and the existential threat from within must be eliminated, to prevent another massacre in the heart of the country.”
“The strategic partnership, backing and support of the U.S. and President Donald Trump have made it a propitious time to move forward with it now, and ensure Israel’s security for generations.”
“The October 7th massacre proved that the doctrine of settlement blocs and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the remaining territory is an existential danger to Israel. It’s time for sovereignty.”
The letter was released just days before Prime Minister Netanyahu is slated to fly to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump.
In February, Trump teased a major announcement on Israeli plans for sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
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