Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Monday that he hoped Israel would extend sovereignty into the occupied West Bank in 2025, and that he would push the government to engage the incoming Trump administration to gain Washington’s support. Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, said that while no decision was made, the issue could come up in talks with the future US administration in Washington.

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