Bennett to Netanyahu: Only acts will determine, bring the application of sovereignty in the Valley for government approval

The defense minister called on the prime minister to advance next week the proposal to apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, and bring the proposal to the Knesset's approval next Tuesday. "The talk is welcome, but for now it is just talk." Netanyahu promised at the launch of the campaign that he would promote the application of sovereignty "without delay"

Bennett to Netanyahu: Only acts will determine, bring the application of sovereignty in the Valley for government approval

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning to vote on the government's vote this Sunday to order sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, and then to bring the Knesset's approval Tuesday. The right-wing chairman wrote in the Twitter account that "the talk of applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, Samaria and Judea is welcome. But these, as mentioned, are now just talk. The only test is the act. Only actual deeds will be determined. "

Bennett's remarks were said after yesterday Netanyahu promised that he would apply Israeli law to all communities in Judea Samaria without exception, adding: "We will apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the Northern Dead Sea without delay, without Ahmad Tibi's veto." According to senior Likud officials, the Prime Minister's Office is seriously considering proposing a unilateral annexation bill in the Jordan Valley next Tuesday, concurrent with a vote on the establishment of the Immunity Committee, which should be held in the Knesset committee.

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Bennett (Photo: Ariel Hermoni, Ministry of Defense)

Defense Minister Naftali toured Benjamin Regional Council, January 21, 2020 (Photo: Ariel Hermoni / Ministry of Defense, official website)

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri also announced this morning that his faction will support the law and every decision and initiative to apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and settlement in Judea and Samaria. Minister Deri said: "This is our ancestral estate that has been promised to the people of Israel for generations. We will continue to work with all our might to establish our hold on the land of Israel and to strengthen Jewish settlement in the valley and Judea and Samaria." Deri added that there was now a historic opportunity. Shas will support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's initiative to apply sovereignty and call on all parties to join the move, in order to secure a broad national consensus that will convey to the world that Israel is united on this important issue, "Deri added.

Netanyahu, yesterday (Photo: Reuven Castro)

PM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Likud Campaign Opening Event for the 2020 Elections, Nationals Building, Jerusalem, January 21, 2020 (Photo: Reuben Castro)