During their tour in the region ... the Israeli defense and finance ministers are in the vast demolition campaign that affected the Palestinian buildings in the West Bank, and pledged to expand settlement activity and exclude the Palestinian Authority from controlling the region
The Israeli Minister of Defense: We will not allow the Palestinian Authority to control the West Bank
Katz's comments came during a tour of the West Bank settlements, accompanied by the resigned finance minister in Salafel Smotrich.
He explained that "Israel will prevent any attempt by the Palestinian Authority to control the West Bank and harm the Jewish settlements."
He stressed that "we will not abandon the security of the settlers, and we will not allow Abu Mazen and the Palestinian Authority to use the illegal Arab construction as a tool to create a strategic threat to settlements."
He pointed out that Israel will not stand in front of any damage to Israeli settlements in the West Bank.