Eliav Liebi warns in an interview with Channel 7: Extensive construction or October 7 on steroids
Heads of the "Returning Home" forum presented Minister Smotrich with a plan to establish communities also in Area A. Eliav Liebi, father of David (may God avenge his blood), explains why in his view returning…
Assessment
A bereaved father and a settlement forum are pressing Finance Minister Smotrich to authorize construction in Area A, framing it as a security imperative rather than a political project. The argument equates territorial expansion with preventing a future attack on the scale of October 7. This escalates the debate over settlement policy by linking it directly to military deterrence, potentially testing the limits of the Oslo framework and international law. The key question is whether the government will treat this as a formal policy shift or a symbolic demand.