DNA changes in West Bank annexation methods
Israeli reports reveal that the occupation authorities are implementing a comprehensive policy in Area C of the West Bank aimed at establishing a permanent reality on the ground and accelerating the process of "annexation." This is achieved through preventing Palestinian construction, escalating demolition activities, and expanding settlements and settler farms. Settlers are granted broad facilitation in planning and building, while Palestinians are deprived of building permits; in fact, the permits granted to them dropped to zero in 2020. These policies have been accompanied by a sharp rise in demolition operations, which increased significantly between 2023 and 2025, with more than 2,400 Palestinian structures destroyed during 2024 and 2025 alone. Settlement farms have also spread widely, threatening Palestinian lands and controlling over one million dunams, with road expansion and settlement growth supporting Israeli dominance. Attacks by settlers have caused the displacement of hundreds of Palestinians and have become a primary tool in implementing these policies, threatening the existence of residents in Area C and the future of the two-state solution. The report concludes that these policies represent a systematic attempt to alter facts on the ground and undermine Palestinian presence through a variety of tools—planning, demolition, and settlement expansion—aiming to achieve the effective annexation of the West Bank.
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