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Netanyahu Says IDF Will Keep Control of Tulkarm

By Drooid · Oct 13, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Benjamin Netanyahu visited the seam line and said the IDF will stay in control of Tulkarm camp.
Bezalel Smotrich urged Netanyahu and Minister Israel Katz to tell the IDF not to obey the court.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit set a November 23 2026 deadline for a supplemental update on Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.
Yair Lapid said his party will not sit with Netanyahu and urged voters to replace the government.

History

Historical Context

After Yitzhak Rabin first proposed a separation fence in 1992 and Ariel Sharon’s cabinet approved a permanent barrier in April 2002, Israel’s Supreme Court, led by President Aharon Barak, ruled the barrier legal in June 2004 amid the Second Intifada. The route now encloses about 9.5 % of the West Bank, and Netanyahu’s 2024 pledge to place the IDF in charge of Tulkarm echoes earlier security-judicial clashes.

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Story summary

Benjamin Netanyahu visited the seam line and said the IDF will stay in control of Tulkarm camp.
Bezalel Smotrich urged Netanyahu and Minister Israel Katz to tell the IDF not to obey the court.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit set a November 23 2026 deadline for a supplemental update on Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.
Yair Lapid said his party will not sit with Netanyahu and urged voters to replace the government.

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