The chairman of Religious Zionism, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, held a press conference this afternoon (Tuesday), during which he declared his intention to sign the order to evacuate the illegal Bedouin outpost of Khan al-Ahmar.
According to him, the signing will take place following the Palestinian Authority's conduct, which led to the Hague court's move to issue arrest warrants against the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense, and the intention to issue a similar warrant against him.
He stated: "Issuing arrest warrants against the Prime Minister is a declaration of war. Issuing arrest warrants against the Minister of Defense and against the Minister of Finance is a declaration of war. In the face of a declaration of war, we will respond with a hair's breadth of war. I am not a submissive Jew. The Palestinian Authority started the war and it will receive war.".
Smotrich added: "As soon as I finish my speech here, I will sign an order to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar within the framework of my powers as Minister of Defense. I promise all our enemies. This is just the beginning.".
The minister emphasized: "The hands are the hands of The Hague, but the voice is the voice of the Palestinian Authority. The terrorist organization that is mistakenly called the Palestinian Authority. A despicable body that was established as part of the disgrace of Oslo is the one who, by all indications, is behind the attack on the Israeli Prime Minister and the Israeli government ministers who dare to implement a policy that raises its head in the face of this terrorist organization.".
""On a personal level, they don't move me. I am willing to pay personal prices to serve my people. It is a price that if I am required to pay - I do so with pride and with my head held high. But on a national level, they are not harming Benjamin Netanyahu or Bezalel Smotrich. They are trying to harm us as the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the State of Israel.".
In his opening remarks, he noted: "Last night I was informed that a request for a secret international arrest warrant was filed against me by the criminal prosecutor of the Anti-Semitic Tribunal in The Hague. This request joins the unprecedented arrest warrants issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant. The clumsy attempt to impose a policy of security suicide on us through sanctions and arrest warrants will not succeed.".
""As a sovereign and independent state, we will not accept hypocritical dictates from biased bodies that regularly stand against the State of Israel, against our biblical, historical and legal rights in our homeland, and against our right and duty to self-defense and security.".
""In this term, I didn't make a fuss. I simply did, and God willing, I succeeded. I managed to fulfill my duty as Minister of Finance and keep Israel's economy stable in the turbulent waters of a multi-front war that Israel has never known since its founding. I was privileged to lead a revolution in the cradle of our biblical, eternal homeland, in Judea and Samaria. I didn't do this just for my pioneer settler friends and brothers, but because that's how I see the good of the entire State of Israel. I did this in the name and for the citizens of Israel, their safety and security.
""I did this to prevent you, my brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, from a terrible and tangible danger, which today, after the terrible massacre committed by the Nazis of Hamas on Simchat Torah, we all understand how tangible it is.".
""For years, Israel has stuttered and been afraid to state the obvious: This is our country and we will treat it as our own. For the past three and a half years, we have been doing this, and I am proud to lead this dramatic change. We led a revolution. We thwarted the dangerous Fayyad plan, which was designed to create choke points on Rosh HaAyin, Modi'in and Kfar Saba. We established over 100 new settlements and, along with them, 160 agricultural farms that protect more than a million dunams of state land.
""We are planning, building, paving and regulating and making the pioneering settlement enterprise irreversible. I am proud of all of this. Very proud.".
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