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““This combination [of domestic expansion and foreign dependence] helps explain why years of Saudi-led military operation, followed by American and Israeli strikes, have failed to eliminate its military capability,” he added.”

“The measures come as pogroms by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank intensify and Israel pushes ahead with its contentious expansion of illegal settlements.”

“United Kingdom Foreign Minister Ed Miliband has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.”

“Senior figures on Israel’s right have made a series of provocative statements about Arab voters, alleged attempts to steal the election and plans to establish Jewish settlements in Gaza.”

“… motivated by ideological considerations, strategic concerns or a desire to ease tensions with the international community, suspending or cancelling the project could be an important first step towards containing settlement expansion in the occupied West…”

“Bezalel Smotrich, head of Religious Zionism, is finance minister and also holds authority over civilian affairs in the occupied West Bank, including settlement planning.”

““We urge Israel to fully abide by International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, and to cease the expansion of settlements.””

“…y, in a sign of how much has changed in three years, Britain, whose Balfour Declaration helped lay the foundations for Israel’s creation, imposed a ban on goods from illegal settlements, while its foreign secretary accused Israeli settlers of ethnic…”

“Yet when Israelis head to the polls on October 27, the vast majority of the nearly three million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank will have no say in choosing the government that rules their lives under occupation – unlike the 700,000 Jewish settlers…”

“In July, Smotrich said Israel has launched a “revolution in settlement” expansion, after the Israeli cabinet approved the establishment of 13 new illegal settlements in the central occupied West Bank.”

“In the northern West Bank, the measures add to the continued expansion of Israeli settlements around Jenin.”

“Separately, the report documents reduced Palestinian access to land amid settlement expansion, with 38 communities emptied since 2023 and first-quarter 2026 displacement already exceeding all of last year.”

“Burnham told delegates from dozens of countries that the UK has also banned trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank because the E1 settlement expansion plan is “a deliberate attempt to block a two-state solution”.”

“This use of technology unfolds alongside unprecedented settlement expansion.”

“…n questioned about the impact on the Palestinian population, the group’s director, Ilan Gazit, explained that since Israeli settlements are being built regardless, “the left” should make sure it is Israeli “leftists”, not far-right settlers, who populate…”

“Searing the consciousness This phenomenon escalated after October 7, 2023, when illegal settlement expansion and Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank escalated.”

“A radical movement of young Israeli women is leaving civilian life and education behind to live in rudimentary hilltop tents across the occupied West Bank.”

“Israeli plans to build a major new illegal settlement that would cleave the occupied West Bank in two have provoked widespread condemnation from around the world.”

“Increased settler attacks, along with the rapid expansion of Israeli settlements illegal under international law, are driving a wave of forced displacement of Palestinians, the US-based rights group said in a report released on Thursday.”