“We are here not to give in to terrorism. If we give in to terrorism here, we will give into terrorism everywhere in Israel,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who led some 20,000 protesters to Evyatar, says.
"Seventeen years of attempts, an uncompromising struggle, and a strong belief in the righteousness of this path converged into one moment today,” says MK Yuli Edelstein, who sponsored the measure.
Sunday's events kicked off when a Palestinian terrorist shot and killed brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, ages 21 and 19, from the Jewish settlement of Har Brachah, in a shooting ambush in the Palestinian town of Hawara in the northern West Bank. The gunman fled.
PM Netanyahu says agreement between finance and defense ministers on sharing powers of Civil Administration is part of the implementation of the Coalition deals.
Washington is working with partners at the UN in New York on "next steps," Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel says.
The text, which could be vetoed even if there is a majority, "reaffirms that the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including east Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law."
While Washington's response is "understandable," they know that the Israeli government is "committed to the settlements," the finance minister says.
Palestinian government agencies have been promoting the sale of dozens of new housing units on a historic biblical site, in breach of agreements with Israel.
Ministers to vote Sunday on a series of measures that would let dozens of small communities in Judea and Samaria get direct access to major infrastructure, setting in motion the official process for retroactive approval.
