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Mythosaurus t1_ja7lj7i wrote

> Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also has responsibilities over Jewish settlements in the West Bank, quickly said he would not abide by any such agreement.

> "I have no idea what they spoke about or not in Jordan," Smotrich wrote on Twitter. "But one thing I do know: there will not be a freeze on the building and development in settlements, not even for one day (it is under my authority)."

Well then this effort is doomed to fail. The far-right faction that desperately wants to complete the original settler colonial project is going to sabotage this peace deal at all costs.

Israel’s conservatives have allowed the far-right a lot of influence within their coalition in exchange for holding power. And now it’s playing out exactly like everyone else knew it would.

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Ed_Durr t1_ja8j982 wrote

It’s ironic, the center and center-right parties refuse to work with Netanyahu, so Likud forms a coalition with the far-right parties to govern.

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Redditthedog t1_ja9drv2 wrote

They could have joined and acted as a counterweight to give Bibi options other then listen to the far right or collapse the government. Instead they refused to join

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