“In the area of settlement, we are investing a lot in this — whether in the south, the north, or in the West Bank!”

Bezalel Smotrich and Nili Kupfer-Naouri addressed more than 60 French-Israelis at the Knesset, encouraging them to settle in the West Bank starting in the summer of 2026 to strengthen Jewish settlements."

Translation of the french speech:

"In the field of settlement, we are investing a great deal as well—whether in the south, in the north, or in Judea and Samaria. And I believe that the coming year must be the year of Aliyah for the ?? (applause). And everything we are doing lately to encourage Aliyah is precisely so that we can achieve a huge wave of immigration to the country.

What I said during this press conference—and I will repeat it—is that when you make your Aliyah, we are not doing you a favor; you are doing us a favor. Imagine the State of Israel if the great immigration wave of the 1990s had not taken place—demographically, economically, and socially. The growth we experienced during those years was enormous. And this is the true victory we will achieve over our enemies: it is not only military, but also that the State of Israel will become stronger, with many more Jews, and you are the true engine of Israel’s growth.

Audience: Amen.

So, I know that the process of Aliyah is extremely complex. For many of you, you will have to leave a home; some will have to leave a career, sometimes family. So we are not going to erase or eliminate all the difficulties completely. But what we are trying to do—at least, with the help of associations like Leherkheha, which works on the ground—is to make things easier by providing the tools and resources we have in order to facilitate your integration as much as possible.

So I came to tell you thank you, and I hope that many of you will become partners in Israel’s victory, in Israel’s strength, in Israel’s power.

Audience: Amen."