On Sunday, the United Nations Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, expressed her surprise that the International Criminal Court had not issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, whom she described as “the mastermind of the genocide against the Palestinians.”

This came as Albanese commented on the Cabinet’s approval of a plan for Smotrich that includes “legalizing 5 settlement outposts in the West Bank.”

The UN rapporteur said, in a post on her account on the Israeli genocide against Palestinians.

On Friday, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the Cabinet approved on Thursday a plan by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that includes “legalizing 5 settlement outposts in the West Bank and publishing bids to build thousands of housing units in the settlements,” according to a statement from Smotrich’s office.

settlement outposts; Small settlements established by settlers on private Palestinian land without the approval of the Israeli government.

On May 13, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced that he had requested the issuance of international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, on charges of “war crimes,” “crimes against humanity,” and “genocide” committed since October 7. / Last October.