Israel to Punish West Bank After 3 More Countries Recognize Palestinian State
Israel’s finance minister would build three illegal settlements for every nation that recognizes a Palestinian state.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich cannot directly punish Spain, Ireland and Norway for recognizing a Palestinian state, so the extremist leader is punishing Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank instead. The Biden administration on Wednesday criticized Smotrich’s call to expand illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and withhold critical tax revenues that support basic...