https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjg18xe0wwo
Dec 22, 2025 - Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/15/emboldened-trump-israel-moves-legalize-west-bank-settlements
"Trump's spirit certainly hovers over this law," said one Israeli journalist
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https://www.trtworld.com/article/01ba855fb108?utm_source=8220e0fe67b8&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=recommended&utm_content=sidebar
The move comes amid a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settlers' violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/israel-approves-19-new-settlements-in-the-occupied-west-bank/
The United Nations' top court says that settlements in the West Bank violate international law.
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https://www.trtworld.com/article/01ba855fb108?utm_source=8220e0fe67b8&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=recommended&utm_content=inline
The move comes amid a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settlers' violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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https://www.jta.org/2018/08/23/israel/west-bank-settlements-housing-market-booming
Prices have been skyrocketing for more than a decade and now nearly rival those in Israel proper.
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https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-affirms-need-for-gaza-ceasefire-halt-to-israeli-violence-settlements-in-west-bank
The country is committed to extending a helping hand to Palestinians and implementing humanitarian relief initiatives via land, sea, or air routes
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https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/peace-now-to-high-court-new-land-allocations-to-west-bank-settlements-must-be-made-public-435962
The secrecy that surrounds such allocations makes it impossible for the Palestinians to oppose them or ask that the land be assigned to them instead, NGO says.
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