Israel accelerates the colonization of the West Bank

"We are stopping the establishment of a Palestinian state on the ground," the Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich commented on the government's decision to approve 19 fresh judaic settlements on the occupied West Bank. This statement, quoted by the Israeli media, leaves no uncertainty as to the real intent of this decision. The Israeli safety office's decision was announced at the time of the ceasefire in the Zone...