US EditionIsraeli cabinet approves West Bank land registration, Palestinians condemn 'de-facto annexation'
The Israeli cabinet's approval initiates land registration in 60% of the West Bank, enabling expanded settlement control amid warnings of accelerating de facto annexation.
- On Sunday, Israel's cabinet approved a plan to begin the land registration process in the occupied West Bank, marking the first formal registration since 1967 and possibly starting this year.
- Israel's Foreign Ministry said the land registration was an administrative response to Palestinian 'illegal' land registration, aiming to increase transparency and end disputes.
- Under the decision, Israeli authorities will announce specific areas in Area C for registration, requiring claimants to prove ownership despite the default of state land, affecting 180,000–300,000 Palestinians and at least 325,500 settlers.
- The Palestinian presidency called it `a de-facto annexation` and urged U.N. Security Council and U.S. intervention, while the EU and UN condemned it as a violation of international law.
- Analysts warn the registry could allow Israel to control over 83% of Area C, while the registration builds on Israeli administrative measures earlier this month, weakening Palestinian state prospects.
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Israel's West Bank Land Move Sparks International Outcry
Israel is facing a fierce diplomatic storm following a controversial move to reclassify vast swathes of the occupied West Bank as 'state land,' a decision that international leaders and human rights groups have condemned as 'de facto annexation.' The new measures, approved by Israel's security cabinet earlier this month, allow for the formal registration of land in the occupied West Bank as Israeli government property. This bureaucratic shift ov…
Israel Approves Largest West Bank Land Grab In 30 Years
by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice: Israel has approved a proposal to register large areas in the West Bank as “state property” for the first time since occupation began in 1967 following the Six-Day War. The new decision builds on a move by the Israeli security cabinet last weekend, when it made it easier for Jewish settlers […]
Arab states slam Israeli land registration move as 'grave escalation'
The ministers claimed the step “constitutes a grave escalation aimed at accelerating illegal settlement activity.” By World Israel News Staff Several Arab and Muslim foreign ministers issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s recent decision to resume land registration procedures in Area C of Judea and Samaria, calling the move a “grave escalation” and accusing Jerusalem of attempting to alter realities on the ground. In the statement, releas…
The UN, like several Arab countries and the European Union, denounced on Monday Israel's decision to speed up the land registration process in the West Bank, a week after the Hebrew state had approved a text facilitating the purchase of land by settlers.
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