Smotrich will have power but not authority over settlements

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Smotrich will have power but not authority over settlements
The move gives the impression that Smotrich can move forward with authorization of construction in the settlements at will, but does not guarantee anything.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: DECEMBER 6, 2022

Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich will have control over the West Bank settlements in the new government, but will not necessarily have full power to make decisions about their fate. That power remains in the hands of presumptive incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In reality, the final authority for what happens in Area C of the West Bank, a region under full IDF military and civilian control where all the settlements are located, has always been in the hands of Israeli prime ministers.

more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-724222
 
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