Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory Monday, saying that “the time has come” to extend full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

He made the comment a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that he has spoken three times with Trump since the election and that they “see eye to eye on the Iranian threat.

  • @gdog05
    59•3 days ago

    No, I’ve been told a Trump victory couldn’t make anything worse for Palestine. This should just be status quo stuff here.

    • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
      49•3 days ago

      Indeed, because “Genocide Joe” and so on, argle bargle. The voters that sat out because of this, or worse, outright voted for donvict will have a lot to answer for. I mean, if they actually give a shit about Palestinians and didn’t really just want to be Above It All ™.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
      2•3 days ago

      I mean it is the status quo. Israel’s current move will only make the “facts on the ground” official.