{"id":12396,"date":"2026-02-16T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12396"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:58:22","slug":"new-israeli-housing-plan-near-jerusalem-slammed-as-disguised-annexation-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12396","title":{"rendered":"New Israeli housing plan near Jerusalem slammed as \u2018disguised annexation\u2019 | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Israel plans to build thousands of settlement homes near Jerusalem, in effect expanding city\u2019s borders and taking Palestinian land in West Bank, activists say.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Palestine\u2019s Jerusalem governorate has denounced an Israeli plan to illegally build thousands of settlement homes, warning it would essentially redraw the city\u2019s boundaries and covertly annex parts of the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The development plan, unveiled by the Israeli state this month, calls for the construction of 2,570 housing units formally tied to Israel\u2019s Geva Binyamin (Adam) settlement, located northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>But the designated land sits apart from Geva Binyamin, which is separated from it by a highway and a security wall. Israeli media reports said the new construction would instead lie closer and more connected to the Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it would in effect mark the first expansion of Jerusalem\u2019s boundaries since 1967, Israel\u2019s Ynet News site reported.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px\">The Palestinian Authority\u2019s Jerusalem governorate slammed the effort as \u201ca blatant attempt to conceal the annexation process behind misleading planning titles\u201d, according to the authority\u2019s official Wafa news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli rights organisation Peace Now said it was a backhanded way of trying to annex the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new settlement will function in every way as a neighbourhood of Jerusalem, and its designation as a \u2018neighbourhood\u2019 of the Adam settlement is merely a pretext intended to conceal a move that effectively applies Israeli sovereignty to areas of the West Bank,\u201d Peace Now said.<\/p>\n<p>The housing project, designated for Israel\u2019s ultra-Orthodox community, still needs final approval from the Higher Planning Committee of Israel\u2019s Civil Administration and is expected to move forward in a few years, according to Ynet.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"displacement-of-palestinian-people\">Displacement of Palestinian people<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli authorities in recent years have sought to more aggressively seize control of Palestinian land in the West Bank. On February 8, Israel\u2019s security cabinet approved new measures expanding its security control over Palestinian-controlled parts of the West Bank and making it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land there.<\/p>\n<p>That move was roundly condemned by eight Muslim countries that accused Israel of trying to impose \u201ca new legal and administrative reality\u201d to accelerate the \u201cillegal annexation and the displacement of the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority presidency also decried the \u201copen Israeli attempt to legalise settlement expansion\u201d and land confiscation.<\/p>\n<p>More than 700,000 Israelis live in settlements and outposts in the West Bank, which are illegal under international law, while about 3.3 million Palestinians live in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces regularly carry out violent raids, conduct arrests and impose restrictions on movement in the West Bank, where attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians have also intensified, often under the protection of Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>In January alone, at least 694 Palestinians were\u00a0driven from their homes in the West Bank because of Israeli settler violence and harassment, the highest number since Israel\u2019s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza erupted in October 2023, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel plans to build thousands of settlement homes near Jerusalem, in effect expanding city\u2019s borders and taking Palestinian land in West Bank, activists say. 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