Palestinian officials warn Israel’s new settlement plan accelerates annexation, deepens violence across occupied area.
Palestinian officials warn Israel’s new settlement plan accelerates annexation and deepens violence across the occupied West Bank.
By Elis Gjevori
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Israel’s security cabinet has signed off on plans to formalise 19 illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, in a move Palestinian officials say deepens a decades-long project of land theft and demographic engineering.
Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move is aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. It comes days…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, bringing the…
Through a series of new technical measures, the government is streamlining the acquisition of land by Israeli Jews and expanding…
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Israel's decision to formalise 19 so-called settlement outposts raises further fears for future of occupied territory.
