MK Osher Shkalim: Sovereignty is not a privilege, it is our duty

Likud MK Osher Shkalim Makes an Impassioned Plea from the Knesset Podium for the Application of Sovereignty

10-07-2025





Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

Before the Prime Minister's departure, on his most important mission to the United States, I joined with other ministers and Members of Knesset in signing a letter calling on him and expressing support to act toward sovereignty in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley.

 These regions—Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley are not geographical margins, but rather the beating heart of our Jewish identity.

They are not merely a vision, they are also the front line. They are Israel’s flak jacket security-wise, historically, and spiritually.

These regions whether it's Shiloh, Eli, Kedumim, Kiryat Arba, Itamar, Beit El, Elkana, Ma'aleh Ephraim, are not just so-called “settlements", they are the embodiment of Zionism.

When I meet with the pioneering families, the children, the Torah institutions, the Yeshivot, the thriving agriculture and the Biblical landscape, I don't see a population “beyond the Green Line”, I see the Land of Israel in all its splendor.

The events of October 7th proved to us that the conflict with our enemies is not over this or that piece of land, but over our very existence in the Land of Israel. This is not a dispute over maps it is a dispute over essence. It is not a question of territory it is a question of belonging.

Therefore, I call upon the Prime Minister as part of the expansion of the Abraham Accords, and as a means of realizing our victory over our enemies to act also in the diplomatic arena and apply sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, Judea and Samaria.

Sovereignty is not a privilege, it is our duty. It is our duty to the previous generation, who took root where our ancestors once fought. It is our duty to the next generation, who deserves to grow up in a country that knows its borders and beyond that, knows its soul.

This move does not contradict our democratic values on the contrary, it strengthens our moral and legal stance.

We cannot, on one hand, claim ownership over the land, while at the same time continuing to govern it as though it doesn't belong to us, or worse, heaven forbid, relinquish parts of it.

Applying sovereignty is a moral recognition a vital act for our existence. It removes all doubt, it declares, We are here by right, not by grace.

The Jordan Valley will be Israel’s security border, Shiloh and Beit El are our historical backbone. The Cave of the Patriarchs is the burial place of our forefathers the root of our existence.

The time has come for action. The time has come to stop being ashamed and start leading. Sovereignty now! Not as a provocation—but as a necessity. Not as a political gesture, but as an essential and compelling Zionist step. It is time to act, to understand, This is ours and ours alone.

Thank you very much, Sir.
 

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