Israeli finance minister says settlement 'revolution' has only just begun

Middle East Eye·July 6, 2026Politics

Israeli finance minister says settlement 'revolution' has only just begun Israel's finance minister says the government has begun a "settlement revolution" that will eventually extend to the Negev and Galilee. "I've got news for you: We've only just begun the revolution in settlement. We'll get to the Negev and the Galilee too," Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X.