{"id":13053,"date":"2025-02-16T20:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=13053"},"modified":"2025-02-16T20:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T20:23:59","slug":"israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-increased-palestinian-home-demolitions-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/16\/israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-increased-palestinian-home-demolitions-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Minister Smotrich Vows Increased Palestinian Home Demolitions in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Sunday that 2025 will be the first year since 1967 in which Israel demolishes more Palestinian buildings in the occupied West Bank than are built.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"545\">According to Israel\u2019s Channel 7, Smotrich\u2014the leader of the far-right &#8220;Religious Zionism&#8221; party\u2014stated during a speech at a meeting of the Law Enforcement Unit in the Israeli &#8220;Civil Administration&#8221; that 2025 will mark the first year since 1967 where demolitions outpace Palestinian construction. He pledged to intensify demolition operations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"da5c214f-689f-424f-be52-f2da632d3f80\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"76\"><strong data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"76\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Smotrich Vows to Intensify Palestinian Home Demolitions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"933\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/31\/smotrich-reveals-israels-war-plans-trumps-support-and-arab-regimes-silent-backing\/\">Smotrich<\/a> emphasized that the Israeli government will continue to reinforce demolitions and prevent Palestinian construction in areas under Israeli control. He stressed that the 2025 budget will include a significant increase in resources for this effort, including expanding manpower, purchasing new equipment, and developing advanced technologies to monitor Palestinian construction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"1158\">He clarified that the issue is not only about cracking down on what he called &#8220;illegal&#8221; construction but also about ensuring a &#8220;complete prevention of Palestinian construction and restoring Israeli control over the land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1160\" data-end=\"1289\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/16\/smotrichs-condition-netanyahu-must-commit-to-resuming-the-gaza-war-after-the-first-phase\/\">Smotrich<\/a> asserted that &#8220;control over land is the essence of the conflict, and whoever controls the land determines its future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8550\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority.jpg\" alt=\"Escalating Violence and Settlements in the West Bank\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1529\">His remarks targeted Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli control, where Palestinians are prohibited from building or reclaiming land without permits\u2014permits that are nearly impossible to obtain, according to UN reports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1830\">Since the outbreak of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel has intensified its settlement expansion projects in the West Bank as part of efforts to annex the territory, amid official statements rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state\u2014an open challenge to international legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"2073\">The United Nations considers Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories illegal, as they undermine prospects for resolving the conflict based on a two-state solution, despite repeated calls for their cessation to no avail.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2075\" data-end=\"2170\">It is worth noting that the Oslo II Accord of 1995 classified the West Bank into three areas:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2386\">\n<li data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2219\"><strong data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2184\">Area A<\/strong>: Under full Palestinian control.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2304\"><strong data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2232\">Area B<\/strong>: Under Israeli security control and Palestinian civil administration.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2386\"><strong data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2317\">Area C<\/strong>: Under full Israeli control, making up about 60% of the West Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col 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data-end=\"2832\">During this same period, Israeli demolitions targeted 1,359 Palestinian structures in Area C, leading to the displacement of 1,166 Palestinians, according to UN reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12250\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Tulkarm refugee camp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.0.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli military assault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"2834\" data-end=\"3131\">According to the Palestinian Authority\u2019s Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank reached approximately 770,000 by the end of 2024, distributed across 180 settlements and 256 settlement outposts, including 138 agricultural and pastoral outposts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3133\" data-end=\"3367\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Israel continues to occupy territories in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon for decades, refusing to withdraw or allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital based on pre-1967 war borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Sunday that 2025 will be the first year since 1967 in which Israel demolishes more Palestinian 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