Defense Minister toured Binyamin Regional Council: "We will occupy Area A, the coming period is a daunting transition" • "We will stop Palestinian construction"

• Bennett on tour in Benjamin // Photo: Ariel Hermoni - Ministry of Defense

Defense Minister Naphtali Bennett has a tour of Benjamin's regional council on Tuesday. During the tour, Bennett replied to the Palestinian Prime Minister, saying: "We are in the campaign - and they are trying to take us into the territory. We are going up into the arena.

"This morning, the Palestinian Prime Minister announced a campaign for seizing Area C. So far, this whole thing has been one-sided, the Palestinians have taken to the ring and we're not. It's over," Bennett stressed. "In recent years, we have been in a fight in Lima. The coming period is beyond limiting the decision to apply sovereignty over Area C in Israel, Judea and Samaria."

Minister Bennett visits Benjamin // Photo: Tal Oz - Ministry of Defense

"We will seize the territories of the Land of Israel, settle the citizens of the State of Israel, we will stop Palestinian construction. In Judea and Samaria, the Jordan Valley, Samaria, Judea - we will swear sovereignty. This is the mission," he declared, This 52-year freeze in which we haven't even applied the law for one inch. "

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During the tour, the Minister of Defense met with the head of the Bethel Council, Shai Alon, visited the site of construction of new housing units, in the center of the town's operating center and in the secondary meeting in Beit El.