Al Jazeera commented that during the Israeli elections, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveiled his party's plan to "Judaize" the Naqab and northern Israel, including adding one million Jewish residents, establishing 40 new settlements, and hundreds of thousands of new housing units. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, meanwhile, has pushed for expanded policing and militarization, and has issued 300,000 gun permits since taking office. The commentary suggests that despite Palestinian-Israeli citizens having the right to vote, these policies and measures will accelerate the "re-colonization" of their communities, making it difficult for elections to bring about substantive change.