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

Middle East Eye · July 6, 2026 Politics

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.