Smutrich unveils settlement plan in Galilee and Negev
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced a new plan to strengthen settlements in the Galilee and Negev regions within the 1948 borders under the title "Yes, We Will Judaize." The goal is to increase the Jewish presence by establishing approximately 40 new towns, dozens of farms, and expanding existing communities. The plan includes large-scale projects to accommodate about one million Jews in the area through the construction of hundreds of thousands of residential units. Smotrich aims to pass the plan through legislation, attempting to control key planning institutions and exclude elements opposing the Judaization policy. The plan faces opposition from the Palestinian population in the region, which comprises more than 52% of the population in Galilee, along with the increase in Palestinians in the Negev from 12,000 to over 320,000. The plan coincides with a project to build 1,200 units in the "E1" area between Jerusalem and the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, with the aim of fragmenting the Palestinian West Bank and preventing the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian state.
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