Jerusalem, 18 September, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich on Friday shared a news item about a resident of Majd al-Krum in the Galilee who maintained contact with a foreign agent from Lebanon, and commented, “I warn again: We are in the Galilee in the atmosphere of October 6.
Smotrich said recent events in the Galilee demonstrate the presence of radical Islamic forces hostile to Israel. Referring to chants of “Long live Palestine” in Majd al-Krum, he called for expanding what he described as the “revolution” in Judea and Samaria to the Galilee and Negev to prevent another October 7.