Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Smotrich’s call for Gaza-style war in West Bank

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call for Israel to wage war in the occupied West Bank and carry out military operations similar to those conducted in Gaza and dismantle the Palestinian Authority. Smotrich told Israel’s Ynet that Israel needed to “go to war in Judea and Samaria,” using the biblical name for the West Bank, and “do there what we did in Gaza.” He also called for dismantling the Palestinian Authority, which he described as a “terror authority.” Smotrich said Israeli forces should eliminate what he described as militant infrastructure in the West Bank, saying there should be “no terrorists, no weapons and no tunnels.” In response, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]