Likud takes the credit – but Smotrich and Ben Gvir did the work

An opinion column by Mati Tuchfeld argues that while Likud has taken credit for preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, the actual work on the ground was done by Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, and their parties. The author details actions such as regulating settlements, declaring state lands, approving construction in E1, and reducing illegal Arab takeover, asserting that Religious Zionism is the true leader.

An opinion column by Mati Tuchfeld, head of the political desk at C14, analyzing the credit struggle within the Israeli right over preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. The author claims that while Likud took credit through its election campaign 'Right or Palestine', the actual work was done by Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, and their parties. He details actions such as regulating young settlements, declaring tens of thousands of dunams as state lands, historic approval of construction in E1, legalizing outposts, expanding existing settlements, and demolishing illegal Arab structures. The author states that the revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria is historic, and emphasizes that those who headed the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry within the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of National Security led the change on the ground. He concludes that the elections are a choice between the right and the establishment of a 'Hamastan', and that the real right is the one that goes with Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit.