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Right-Wing Government Accelerates Settlement Expansion in West Bank, Report Shows
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · 4 hours ago
What happened
A Peace Now report reveals that between 2023 and 2025, the Israeli right-wing government established 185 new West Bank outposts, promoted over 40,000 housing units, and expanded settlement land control to more than 1.1 million dunams, signaling a rapid settlement expansion under ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Orit Strook.
- 01185 new West Bank outposts established from 2023 to 2025 under current government.
- 02Over 40,000 housing units promoted in settlements during the same period.
- 03Settlement outposts now control more than 1.1 million dunams, up by 750,000 dunams.
- 04223 kilometers of new roads built and 11,520 dunams cultivated agriculturally by settlers.
- 0525,959 dunams declared as state land amid settlement expansion.
- 06Report warns of de facto annexation under right-wing government policies.
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