Yamina member of Knesset Bezalel Smotrich called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria before the next US president is sworn in, in case current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden emerges victorious over the incumbent, US President Donald Trump.
"If Trump indeed loses, we will have to take this measure and apply sovereignty" while he is still in office and before Biden takes over, Smotrich said in an interview with Army Radio on Thursday.
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"I have no doubt," he added, "that Biden will also continue the American administration's long-standing policy of friendliness towards Israel."
Smotrich said there could be disagreements with a Biden administration, but that "it can be managed."
Biden's vice-presidential running mate, Kamala Harris, said in an interview last week with The Arab American that a Biden White House would "oppose annexation or settlement expansion."
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"And we will take immediate steps to restore economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, reopen the US consulate in east Jerusalem and work to reopen the PLO mission in Washington," she said.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
