Israel wants to create 22 new settlements in West Bank
Israel wants to create 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. This was confirmed by the right -wing extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on the platform X. The decision on the controversial approval of the new settlements was made at a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet, several local media reported.
« This is a great day for the settlement project and an important day for Israel, » wrote Smotrich. The Israeli Minister of Defense Katz described the decision as historical. In addition, the new decision « our historical right to the state of Israel », Katz said.
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In 1967 Israel had conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where today more than 700,000 settlers live in the middle of around three million Palestinians. The Israeli settlements there are illegal under international law. The Palestinians claim the areas for their own state with East Jerusalem as the capital.
The United Nations see the Israeli settlements as a great obstacle to future peace regulation because they would hardly allow a coherent territory for the Palestinians in a possible two -state solution.
Criticism of peace movement and from abroad
According to information from the Israeli peace movement Peace NOW, numerous, also from Israeli perspective, illegal or non -approved outposts are now legalized and recognized as settlements. Only nine are actually new among the 22 new settlements, reported Peace Now. According to the peace movement, the latest approval is the largest settlement expansion in decades.
The Israeli government no longer pretends to do something else: the annexation of the occupied areas and the expansion of the settlements are their central goal.
Israeli peace movement Peace Now
Peace Now sharply criticized the government’s decision. This would « redesign the West Bank dramatically and solidify the crew even further, » said the peace movement. « The Israeli government no longer pretends to do something else: the annexation of the occupied areas and the expansion of the settlements are their central goal. »
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There is also criticism from abroad. « The United Kingdom condemns these measures. The settlements are contrary to international law, further endanger the two-state solution and do not protect Israel, » wrote Hamish Falconer, State Secretary at the British Foreign Ministry, in an X-Post.
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