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This is the first time that an Israeli government body will regulate land in the West Bank. Under the new cabinet plan, if Palestinians can't prove ownership over their land in the West Bank's Area C, which is under Israeli control, the property will be registered as state-owned

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Israel is planning to register 15 percent of the land in the West Bank's Area C, which is under Israeli control, within the next five years, according to a cabinet decision on Sunday.