Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel is not “afraid of the word occupation” as he called for settlements in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a rally at the Western Wall Plaza on the eve of Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday that marks the anniversary of the Israeli occupation and annexation of east Jerusalem following the 1967 war, Smotrich said: “We are occupying the Land of Israel. We are liberating Gaza. We are settling Gaza.” Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque com