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Haaretz: Settler expansion into PA territories
An investigation by Haaretz reveals that settlers are significantly expanding their settlement activities within areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, especially in Area (B). Over the past two and a half years, approximately 30 new settlement outposts have been established, most of them in Area (B), with the goal of obstructing Palestinian construction and restricting the movement of Palestinian residents. This expansion is carried out in coordination with the Israeli military and with support from officials in the government coalition, despite official statements claiming there is no political approval for these outposts. These outposts initially appeared along the lines of contact with Area (C), before gradually penetrating into Palestinian areas, where research organizations identified around ten outposts in those regions by summer 2025. Areas (A) and (B) comprise about 40% of the West Bank and have been under Palestinian Authority control since the Oslo Accords. However, the establishment of settlement outposts there has increased under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, with the Israeli military confirming that 42 outposts were established without political approval. Organizations like “Yesh Din” condemn these actions, considering them responsible for 90% of “national crimes” in the West Bank, most of which are located in Areas (A) and (B). There are calls within the Knesset to establish more outposts in these two areas to reinforce Israeli control and intensify restrictions on Palestinian construction and development.
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