The cabinet decisions had been kept secret: In March, it was decided to establish 34 new settlements, for a total of 103; in June, it was decided to budget 1.3 billion shekels for pioneer neighborhoods; Smotrich: "This is a settlement revolution

Israel signed an 8.5 billion-shekel ($2.3 billion) framework agreement to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the construction of 12,000 new housing…

The new plan will bring the total number of West Bank settlements established under the current government to 103.