The Israeli Cabinet has recognized 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Sunday.
Smotrich, who also serves as the chairman of the country’s Religious Zionist Party, has been a longtime leading advocate for the settlements that are deemed illegal under international law. In August, Smotrich unveiled the Cabinet’s support for the “E1 settlement plan” connecting the Maale Adumim settlement to East Jerusalem.
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