Israel’s security cabinet has approved nearly half a billion dollars in funding for 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. That’s according to far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Under his tenure, 103 Israeli settlements have already been established in the occupied West Bank, violating international law. This comes amid growing Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property. This is Bezalel Smotrich.

Bezalel Smotrich: “We are making sure that the decisions we have made regarding the legislation and establishment of the new settlements in Judea and Samaria will not remain on paper but will become reality on the ground. We are approving one government budget decision after another — budgets for roads, budgets for infrastructure, and also budgets for constructions, caravans.”