The Nachala settlement movement released a statement Friday calling on the Israeli leadership to adopt an independent line against U.S. pressure and to establish Nahal pioneer outposts in territory captured in southern Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip. The group said the only response to Israel's enemies is settlement, and urged the immediate creation of outposts in the northern security zone.
The Nachala settlement movement issued a statement on Friday calling on Prime Minister Netanyahu's government to take an uncompromising line against American diplomatic pressure and to launch a new wave of civilian settlement in territories the IDF has captured in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. The group urged Defense Minister Israel Katz to establish Nahal pioneer outposts immediately in the northern security zone, and to initiate settlement in areas that were captured in the current campaign. This follows a similar statement the movement made earlier Friday, after a severe overnight incident in Lebanon, in which it called for outposts in the northern Gaza Strip — at Nisanit, Ali Sinai, and Dugit — and for civilian settlement in captured territory more broadly. Nachala frames its demand as the only appropriate Israeli response to the ongoing multi-front conflict, and rejects any framework that would require a withdrawal. The statement comes as the U.S. works to finalize an emerging agreement with Iran that, according to Israeli officials, does not mandate an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
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