US EditionIsrael's Security Cabinet Approves Measures to Strengthen Control over the West Bank
The package eases Jewish land purchases, expands Israeli enforcement in Palestinian areas, and revives a land-acquisition committee amid plans to double settler population, officials said.
- On Sunday , Israel's Security Cabinet approved a package to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the Palestinian Authority, days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Citing policy aims, the ministers argued the package removes decades-old barriers and enables accelerated settlement development to deepen roots and 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'.
- The measures include canceling a prohibition on sales of West Bank land to Israeli Jews, declassifying land registries, transferring planning powers in Hebron, and allowing Israeli enforcement authorities to demolish construction for heritage or environmental reasons.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the measures are dangerous and called for U.S. and U.N. intervention, while Hamas urged Palestinians to 'intensify the confrontation.'
- If implemented, the moves risk entrenching the settlement expansion trend and undermining Palestinian state prospects, as the international community and United Nations deem settlements illegal obstacles to peace.
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