Smotrich Gets 22 New West Bank Settlements in Exchange for Netanyahu’s Sham Gaza Aid Deal

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich secured a major settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank in exchange for allowing five humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza, according to Israeli Maariv.

The deal includes approval for 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank and hundreds of new settlement units in previously unofficial settler outposts. These expansions will be funded in part by the Ministry of Settlements, led by Orit Strook.