Israel announces a great expansion of settlements in an occupied west coast

Israeli ministers claim that 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved on the occupied West coast – the largest expansion for decades.

Several already exist as advanced advanced authorization, but will now be legal under Israeli law. Others are brand new, according to the Minister of Defense Israel Katz and the Minister of Finance, the butt.

The agreements – which are regarded as illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this – are one of the most controversial issues between Israel and the Palestinians.

Katz said this move “prevents the creation of a Palestinian state that will threaten Israel” while the Palestinian Presidency called it a “dangerous escalation”.

The Israeli Peace for Combating the Agreement Market has now called it “the most extensive one of its kind” for more than 30 years and warned that “it would dramatically reshape the Western coast and strengthen the occupation even more.”

Israel has built about 160 settlements that house about 700,000 Jews since the West Coast and East Jerusalem – the terrestrial Palestinians want, along with Gaza, because of their hope for a future state – in the Middle East war in 1967.

The consistent Israeli governments allowed the settlements to grow. However, the expansion increased dramatically after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in late 2022. The right of the right, a pro-fitler coalition, and the beginning of the Gaza war caused by the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 against Israel.

On Thursday, Israel Katz and a wicked tuck, an ultra -nationalist leader and a settler who has control over the planning of the west coast – has officially confirmed a decision that was thought to have been taken by the government two weeks ago.

A statement said that ministers approved 22 new settlements, “renovation of the settlement in North Samaria (North West coast) and reinforcement of the Eastern Axis of the State of Israel.”

He emphasized what the ministers described as a “historical return” of Homesh and Sa-Nur, two settlements deep on the northern west coast, which were evacuated at the same time when Israel withdrew his troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005.

Two years ago, a group of settlers created a Jewish religious school and an unauthorized advance in Homesh, which is said to be among the nine made legally under Israeli law.

Another settlement is reported to be built not far south of Mount Ebal, near Nablus.

Katz said the decision was “a strategic move that prevents the creation of a Palestinian state that will threaten Israel and serve as a buffer against our enemies.”

“This is a Zionist, security and national response – and a clear decision on the future of the country,” he added.

Smotrich called it a “once -in -generation solution” and announced: “Next step sovereignty!”

But spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – who rules parts of the west coast who are not under complete Israeli control – he called him a “dangerous escalation” and accused Israel of continuing to bring the region into a “cycle of violence and instability”.

“This extremist Israeli government is trying in every way to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state,” Nabil Abu Ruding told the Reuters Agency.

Lior Amihai, Director of Peace now, said: “The Israeli government is no longer otherwise pretending: annexing the occupied territories and the expansion of settlements is its central goal.”

This step is a blow to renew the efforts to revive the inertia of a bilateral decision of decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict-an internally approved peace formula, which will see the creation of an independent Palestinian state with Israel-County in the French-Ro-Cent. York.

Last year, the UN’s best court issued an advisory opinion saying that “Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory was illegal.” The International Court (ICJ) also stated that the Israeli settlements “were created and maintained in violation of international law” and that Israel should “evacuate all settlers”.

At that time, Israel’s Prime Minister stated that the court had made a “Decision of Lies” and insisted that “the Jewish people were not a inhabitants in their own land.”