US EditionIsrael's Security Cabinet Approves Measures to Strengthen Control over the West Bank
Measures include easing land sales to Israeli Jews, transferring planning authority in Hebron, and reviving state land purchases to expand settlements, with over 700,000 settlers in the West Bank.
- 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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Jewish settlers are to be allowed to purchase land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for the first time. The security cabinet approved the corresponding measures. Palestinian President Abbas called it a "dangerous" decision.
Israel security cabinet approves steps to tighten control over West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday, February 8, approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The office of far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a statement announced the decisions that would make it easier for Jewish settlers to force Palestinians to give up land, adding that “we will continue to bury the idea of a Palest…
Israel to Expand Its Control in West Bank, Make Settlers’ Land Seizures Easier, Media Say
JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Israel’s security cabinet approved a series of steps on Sunday that would make it easier for settlers in the occupied West Bank to buy land while granting Israeli authorities more enforcement powers over Palestinians, Israeli media reported.
Israel announces measures to deepen control over West Bank
The measures, announced by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz, include the removal of decades-old regulations barring Jewish citizens from purchasing land in the West Bank, according to a joint statement by the two ministers.
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