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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday urged the country\u2019s prime minister and defense minister to order the Israel Defense Forces not to cooperate with the High Court of Justice over the possible return of Palestinians to camps in northern Samaria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call on the prime minister and my colleague, the defense minister, to instruct the IDF not to cooperate with the court and not to allow the terror camps to be reestablished,\u201d Smotrich said. The Religious Zionism Party leader also serves as a minister in the Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n
He accused Justices Isaac Amit, Alex Stein and Khaled Kabub of endangering Israel\u2019s security and tying the military\u2019s hands, calling security matters \u201cnonjusticiable.\u201d<\/p>\n
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