Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal
Netanyahu’s incoming government prioritises West Bank settlements
Israeli PM-designate’s Likud party releases the new government's policy guidelines, the first of which was is that it will advance and develop settlement in all parts of the land of Israel — in the Galilee, Negev, Golan Heights, and Judea and Samaria.
Wednesday 28/12/2022
Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal
JERUSALEM - Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hardline government has put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities a day before it's set to be sworn into office.
Netanyahu's Likud party released the new government's policy guidelines on Wednesday, the first of which was is that it will “advance and develop settlement in all parts of the land of Israel — in the Galilee, Negev, Golan Heights, and Judea and Samaria” — the Biblical names for the West Bank.
Most of the international community considers Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians.
Netanyahu’s new government — the most religious and hardline in Israel’s history — is made up of ultra-Orthodox parties, an ultranationalist religious faction and his Likud party. It is to be sworn in on Thursday.