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Smotrich, Strook urge Netanyahu to cancel approval of US-brokered Gaza plan

By JNS Staff

(JNS) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlements and National Missions Minister Orit Strook urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to immediately convene the Security Cabinet to revoke its approval of the Washington-brokered peace plan in Gaza.

The ministers moreover called to prevent the entry of the International Stabilization Force into the Gaza Strip until its “purpose, legal authority, and missions” are properly amended and clearly delineated.

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