{"id":18141,"date":"2025-05-29T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:54:42","slug":"israel-approves-22-new-settlements-in-the-west-bank-strategic-expansion-aimed-at-killing-palestinian-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/29\/israel-approves-22-new-settlements-in-the-west-bank-strategic-expansion-aimed-at-killing-palestinian-statehood\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Approves 22 New Settlements in the West Bank: Strategic Expansion Aimed at Killing Palestinian Statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-A Palestinian expert on settlement affairs stated that Israel\u2019s goal behind announcing new settlement projects is to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and to strengthen control over Area C, contrary to the claim that the move is based on &#8220;security considerations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1607\">The head of the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission, Minister Muayyad Shaaban, said this move puts Israel in direct confrontation not only with the Palestinian people but with the entire international community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1891\">On Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich officially announced that the Israeli Cabinet (Security Council) approved the establishment of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, including three in the Jordan Valley.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17990\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17990 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55555558.jpg\" alt=\"Current and former International Criminal Court (ICC) officials told The Wall Street Journal that Prosecutor Karim Khan was preparing to request arrest warrants for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for their roles in expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55555558.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55555558-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/55555558-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bezalel Smotrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1913\">Smotrich declared:\u201cThis is a great day for the settlement project and an important day for the State of Israel. Settlements are Israel\u2019s defensive wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2066\">Katz added:\u201cThis historic decision reinforces our security grip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"2125\" data-end=\"2393\">According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the cabinet secretly approved the plan two days earlier. It includes nine existing outposts that will now be \u201clegalized\u201d and new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/21\/israel-weighs-dismantling-palestinian-authority-expands-settlements-in-west-bank\/\">settlements<\/a> to be built in isolated areas of the West Bank such as Mount Ebal near Nablus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2557\">Among the settlements mentioned are Homesh and Sa-Nur, which were evacuated under the 2005 disengagement plan by Ariel Sharon. The plan also includes:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2678\">\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2602\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2560\" data-end=\"2602\">Three settlements in the Jordan Valley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2603\" data-end=\"2634\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2634\">Two in northern West Bank<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"2635\" data-end=\"2678\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"2637\" data-end=\"2678\">Two in Gush Etzion and Hebron regions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"2680\" data-end=\"2866\">Israel is also advancing the \u201cOne Million Settlers\u201d project, allocating 30 million shekels to plan 13 new settlements and five industrial zones in the northern West Bank.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18142\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5558.jpg\" alt=\"A Palestinian expert on settlement affairs stated that Israel\u2019s goal behind announcing new settlement projects A Palestinian expert on settlement affairs stated that Israel\u2019s goal behind announcing new settlement projects i\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5558.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5558-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5558-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli settlements West Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-21\" data-start=\"2873\" data-end=\"2925\">Geographic Tampering and Apartheid Expansion<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"2927\" data-end=\"3124\">Muayyad Shaaban emphasized that Israel\u2019s decision places it in opposition to international consensus, which condemns settler colonialism and refuses to recognize Israel\u2019s imposed realities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\" data-start=\"3126\" data-end=\"3302\">Shaaban said this move aims to further fragment Palestinian geography, impose apartheid, and grant settlers full privileges at the expense of indigenous landowners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\" data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3343\">The settlement breakdown is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3344\" data-end=\"3509\">\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-25\" data-start=\"3344\" data-end=\"3363\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\" data-start=\"3346\" data-end=\"3363\">4 in Ramallah<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-27\" data-start=\"3364\" data-end=\"3380\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-28\" data-start=\"3366\" data-end=\"3380\">4 in Jenin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-29\" data-start=\"3381\" data-end=\"3398\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-30\" data-start=\"3383\" data-end=\"3398\">4 in Hebron<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-31\" data-start=\"3399\" data-end=\"3416\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-32\" data-start=\"3401\" data-end=\"3416\">2 in Nablus<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-33\" data-start=\"3417\" data-end=\"3434\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-34\" data-start=\"3419\" data-end=\"3434\">1 in Salfit<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-35\" data-start=\"3435\" data-end=\"3453\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-36\" data-start=\"3437\" data-end=\"3453\">3 in Jericho<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-37\" data-start=\"3454\" data-end=\"3482\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-38\" data-start=\"3456\" data-end=\"3482\">3 in the Jordan Valley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-39\" data-start=\"3483\" data-end=\"3509\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-40\" data-start=\"3485\" data-end=\"3509\">1 on Jerusalem lands<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-41\" data-start=\"3511\" data-end=\"3729\">Some are existing \u201clegalized\u201d outposts with prior zoning approvals; others are military or religious sites, or evacuated settlements now reestablished after the 2023 law amendment to the disengagement plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-42\" data-start=\"3731\" data-end=\"3886\">Shaaban condemned Israel\u2019s deceptive narrative\u2014no longer hiding expansion under the guise of \u201cexpansion\u201d but instead openly and brazenly grabbing land.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-43\" data-start=\"3893\" data-end=\"3953\">Strategic Goals: Undermining Palestinian Sovereignty<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-44\" data-start=\"3955\" data-end=\"4021\">Researcher Amir Dawoud analyzed the announcement, noting that:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4022\" data-end=\"4289\">\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-45\" data-start=\"4022\" data-end=\"4094\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-46\" data-start=\"4024\" data-end=\"4094\">Four of the 22 outposts were previously categorized as settlements<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-47\" data-start=\"4095\" data-end=\"4182\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-48\" data-start=\"4097\" data-end=\"4182\">Some locations, such as Mount Ebal, are considered sacred in Jewish tradition<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-49\" data-start=\"4183\" data-end=\"4289\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-50\" data-start=\"4185\" data-end=\"4289\">Several new settlements will be built from scratch, as was the case with Naha Hilts in Bethlehem<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-51\" data-start=\"4291\" data-end=\"4579\">He stressed that Israel has abandoned all \u201csecurity pretexts\u201d, openly using settlements as a tool to destroy any future Palestinian state, break territorial continuity, and impose irreversible facts on the ground\u2014especially in the Jordan Valley and adjacent highlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-52\" data-start=\"4581\" data-end=\"4748\">Some of the targeted areas are currently used by the Israeli military, including two army bases and one observation post. Another site is a settler-run sheep farm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14853\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14853 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jenin.jpg\" alt=\"Israel intensifies its military campaign in the West Bank with large-scale demolitions in refugee camps\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jenin.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jenin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jenin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jenin-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli siege Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-53\" data-start=\"4755\" data-end=\"4805\">Global Condemnation: UK and Jordan Respond<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-54\" data-start=\"4807\" data-end=\"4969\">UK Minister of State for the Middle East Hamish Falconer called Israel\u2019s move \u201ca deliberate obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state,\u201d adding on X:\u201cSettlements are illegal under international law and threaten the two-state solution. They do not protect Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-55\" data-start=\"5088\" data-end=\"5284\">Jordan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong condemnation, calling the plan a \u201cblatant violation\u201d of Palestinian rights and sovereignty over 1967 borders, including East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-56\" data-start=\"5286\" data-end=\"5322\">Spokesman Sufyan Qudah stated:\u201cAll of Israel\u2019s actions in the West Bank are illegal and invalid. Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-57\" data-start=\"5457\" data-end=\"5600\">Jordan urged the international community to pressure Israel to stop its assault on Gaza and escalating aggression in the West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-A Palestinian expert on settlement affairs stated that Israel\u2019s goal behind announcing new settlement projects is to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and to strengthen control over Area C, contrary to the claim that the move is based on &#8220;security considerations.&#8221; The head of the Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission, Minister Muayyad Shaaban, 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