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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli research biologist and co-founder of Uri Tzafon, a campaign to settle southern Lebanon'''}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Anna Sloutskin<br />
| image = <br />
| nationality = Israeli<br />
| residence = Occupied West Bank<br />
| occupation = Research biologist<br />
| known_for = Co-founder of [[Uri Tzafon]]<br />
| siblings = Israel Sokol<br />
}}<br />
'''Anna Sloutskin''' (also spelled Slutskin) is an Israeli research biologist who co-founded [[Uri Tzafon]] ("Awake, North Wind"), a campaign to annex and settle southern Lebanon up to at least the [[Litani River]]. AFP described her in May 2026 as 37 years old and living in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. She formed the movement in 2024 in memory of her brother, Israel Sokol, an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza.<ref name="AlMonitor2026">Alice Chancellor, [https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/promised-us-israelis-dreaming-settling-south-lebanon 'Promised to us': The Israelis dreaming of settling south Lebanon] ''Al-Monitor'' (AFP), 13 May 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Stated aims ==<br />
Sloutskin told AFP: "The idea is that most of the population flees, we move the border, and we do not let that population return, and it remains a part of the State of Israel by declaration." She described the Israeli army's campaign as "the first stage": "The IDF goes in, conquers, and clears. And afterwards we must not withdraw, but settle."<ref name="AlMonitor2026" /><br />
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== Political contacts ==<br />
AFP reported that the Israeli government had given "no public political support" to the movement. Sloutskin nevertheless said there was backing from lawmakers and ministers: "Some say it openly, some say it under the table, but there is definitely support." Uri Tzafon published a photo of her meeting the environmental protection minister, [[Idit Silman]], captioned: "During the meeting with the minister, the issue of taking the territory was raised."<ref name="AlMonitor2026" /> In March 2026 the finance minister, [[Bezalel Smotrich]], called for the Litani to become Israel's border.<ref name="ReutersSmotrich2026">Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Maya Gebeily, [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-minister-calls-annexation-southern-lebanon-2026-03-23/ Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon] ''Reuters'', 23 March 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Border crossings ==<br />
AFP reported that the movement organised a tree-planting trip to the border in February 2026, during which the army said two civilians crossed the fence.<ref name="AlMonitor2026" /> On 5 August 2026 the army detained 17 Uri Tzafon activists who had crossed into Lebanon.<ref name="JPost5Aug2026">Amir Bohbot and Esther Davis, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-904709 Uri Tzafon activists detained after breaching Lebanon border] ''The Jerusalem Post'', 5 August 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Uri Tzafon]]<br />
* [[Nachala]]<br />
* [[Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon (2024–present)]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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