"Israel's 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. Israeli media reported on Friday that the decision also revives two northern West Bank outposts dismantled during the 2005 disengagement. The Israeli press outlet Ynet claimed the plan was coordinated"
"Hamas condemned the plan as a dramatic escalation. In a statement, the group said the move constitutes a dangerous escalation in the annexation and Judaisation project and reflects a government that treats Palestinian land as colonial spoils and desperately seeks to entrench a settlement reality, ultimately aiming for complete control over the West Bank. Hamas urged the UN and human rights organisations to confront what it called Israel's unchecked colonial behaviour."
Israel's security cabinet approved plans to formalise 19 settlements across the occupied West Bank. Israeli outlets reported coordination with the US and attributed the push to far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Settlement expansion is illegal under international law but widely accepted within Israel. Palestinian officials condemned the move as accelerating annexation, demographic engineering, and land theft; Mu'ayyad Sha'ban said it erases Palestinian geography and heightens fears about the territory's future. Hamas called the decision a dangerous escalation in Judaisation and urged the UN and rights organisations to confront Israel's colonial behaviour. The Palestinian National Council said the policy violates international law and expands a colonial structure.
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