Religious Zionism youth hung about 1,000 Israeli flags in Galilee ahead of faction meeting

Religious Zionism youth and Galilee youth hung during the night about 1,000 Israeli flags along Galilee roads and at the new settlement point near Majd al-Krum, ahead of the Religious Zionism faction meeting to be held at the site this morning to be attended by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlement Affairs Minister Orit Strock.

According to the activists, the operation of hanging flags was intended to express Israeli presence and sovereignty in the Negev and Galilee. According to them, this is the first step toward a broad process of strengthening Jewish settlement and moving the 'settlement revolution' from Judea and Samaria to the Negev and Galilee.

The move comes against the background of the tension that has been recorded in recent weeks over a complex that included tents and infrastructure, in an area under the responsibility of the Jewish National Fund between Majd al-Krum and Gillaon. Residents of Majd al-Krum and the local council argued that this was an attempt to establish a Jewish outpost and protested, while the groups that held the site argued that the complex was established solely for sheep herding.

Following the clash, the Jewish National Fund held an emergency meeting and decided to dismantle the temporary structures and move them from the point where the dispute arose. According to the framework developed this week, the grazing complex will be reduced and moved about 400 meters from the point of friction, and in its place youth from Judea and Samaria will be stationed by 'Hashomer Hadash' (New Guard) from the Galilee.

At the faction meeting, its members, headed by Minister Smotrich and Minister Strock, are expected to address strengthening Jewish presence in the Galilee and expanding settlement in the Negev and Galilee. Israel Police are preparing in the area with reinforced forces due to fear of riots, public order violations and roadblocks.