“The days are over when Britain and other countries determine our future … the only response to an anti-Israeli move is sovereignty over the homeland territories of the Jewish people in Judea and Samaria, and removing the folly of the Palestinian state idea from the agenda forever,” Mr. Smotrich said Sunday in a statement, referring to the West Bank by its biblical names.
Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to U.N., condemns Palestine recognition at U.N. and vows retaliation
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Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a former settler leader, cast the approval as a rebuke to Western countries that announced their plans to recognize a Palestinian state in recent weeks.
Israel gives final approval for settlement project that could divide the West Bank
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