Trump win means ‘time has come’ to annex parts of West Bank, Israeli minister says

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory Monday, saying that “the time has come” to extend full Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.

He made the comment a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that he has spoken three times with Trump since the election and that they “see eye to eye on the Iranian threat.

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Dear everyone who refused to vote: I hope you're happy! Really helping out the Israel-Palestine situation right now. You did this. Look at your crime against humanity and despair.

Dear Harris: You could have singlehandedly prevented this.

I'm playing both sides, so that I always come out on top.

Sunny has taught me that everything works out if you’re a main character.

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