Smotrich announces plan to judaise Negev and Galilee

Smotrich announces plan to judaise Negev and Galilee Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Fri, 08/28/2026 - 14:53 Israeli finance minister vows to replicate his West Bank settlement expansion Bedouin look on as a family demolish their home after the Israeli authorities served demolition notices, ordering the owners to tear down their own premises or face being charged a hefty fee for the state to do it, in an al-Sir, a Bedouin village in the Negev, 16 June 2026 (AFP) Off Israel 's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a new plan to judaise the Negev, or Naqab in Arabic, and the Galilee, vowing to replicate in Israel policies that he has pursued in the occupied West Bank. "Today I am presenting to you the Religious Zionism plan for the judaisation of the Negev and Galilee," Smotrich said on X on Thursday. The Negev and Galilee are in the southern and northern parts of Israel and are home to the majority of Palestinian citizens of Israel.