# Israel’s Katz praises settlers for ‘holding onto’ Palestinian land

https://mins.news/en/item/21726

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-14 00:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/14/08-14-2026-katz-ganim-clip-mp4?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz praised Hilltop Youth, a radical religious Zionist settler group, for “holding onto” occupied Palestinian land. Israeli settlers have moved into Ganim, an illegal West Bank settlement that Israel dismantled in 2005.

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