In recent weeks, a battle is raging between those who support applying sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and those who oppose it.

Some believe that applying sovereignty will lead to an Arab insurgency, to international pressure and boycotts on Israel, and there are those who claim that annexing territory over 30 percent over Judea and Samaria is not enough.

If we request to inquire into the occurrences in Judea and Samaria nowadays, we will find that Israeli sovereignty is a term void of content. In reality, there is complete chaos, anarchy and loss of deterrence on a wide range of levels -- from the firing of firecrackers and live bullets, to pirate crematoriums, to border encroachment, and vandalism and robbery against ancient Jewish artifacts and archaeological remains.

The more Israel dismisses these illegal activities and anarchy, it will pay the heavier price in the future. The evidence: the rising cost of Israel’s mishandling of the disruption of the law in the Negev and the severe violence within the Israeli Arab sectore.