Israel is resuming a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control
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Israel will begin a contentious land regulation process in a large part of the occupied West Bank, which could result in the country gaining control over wide swaths of the area for future development, according to a government decision on Sunday.
The land registration process will apply to Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under complete Israeli control.
Israeli rights groups say land registration in West Bank will further Israel's aim of annexing Palestinian territory.
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