{"id":5288,"date":"2025-12-13T01:43:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2025-12-13T01:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T01:43:26","slug":"israel-approves-19-new-west-bank-settlements-in-major-annexation-push-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5288","title":{"rendered":"Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Palestinian officials warn Israel\u2019s new settlement plan accelerates annexation and deepens violence across the occupied West Bank.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/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\/10\/Elis-Gjevori-1729519077.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 12 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">12 Dec 2025<\/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>Israel\u2019s security cabinet has signed off on plans to formalise 19 illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, in a move Palestinian officials say deepens a decades-long project of land theft and demographic engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli media reported on Friday that the decision also revives two northern West Bank outposts dismantled during the 2005 \u201cdisengagement\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The Israeli press outlet Ynet claimed the plan \u201cwas coordinated with the US in advance\u201d, while Channel 14 said the push came from far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich \u2013 a settler himself and one of the most hardline figures in Israel\u2019s governing coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Settlement expansion, though illegal under international law, is widely accepted across Israel\u2019s political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian officials condemned the decision, warning that it accelerates Israel\u2019s annexation drive.<\/p>\n<p>Mu\u2019ayyad Sha\u2019ban of the Palestinian Authority\u2019s Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission described it as another step towards erasing Palestinian geography, saying it underscored growing fears about the future of the territory.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"colonial-spoils\" data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1160\">\u2018Colonial spoils\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Hamas condemned the plan as a dramatic escalation. In a statement, the group said the move \u201cconstitutes a dangerous escalation in the annexation and Judaisation project\u201d and reflects a government that \u201ctreats Palestinian land as colonial spoils and desperately seeks to entrench a settlement reality, ultimately aiming for complete control over the West Bank\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas urged the UN and human rights organisations to confront what it called Israel\u2019s \u201cunchecked colonial behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian National Council also denounced the decision. Its head, Rouhi Fattouh, said the move \u201cconstitutes a double violation of international law and a blatant breach of international legitimacy\u201d. He added that the policy \u201crepresents a systematic expansion of a colonial structure \u2026 a de facto colonial authority\u201d outlawed under global legal frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>The approval comes as Israeli forces and settlers escalate violence across the West Bank, against the backdrop of Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), at least 232 Palestinians \u2013 including 52 children \u2013 have been killed by Israeli troops and settlers since the start of the year. OCHA has also recorded more than 1,700 settler attacks causing casualties or property damage, averaging five assaults per day across more than 270 communities.<\/p>\n<p>Most attacks were clustered around Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, areas long targeted by settlement expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced this year in Area C, which makes up roughly 60 percent of the West Bank and remains under full Israeli military control.<\/p>\n<p>Homes have been demolished, seized or sealed, leaving entire communities without shelter as Israel entrenches an apartheid system across the territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian officials warn Israel\u2019s new settlement plan accelerates annexation and deepens violence across the occupied West Bank. 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