Occupied Jerusalem, June 17 (Petra) – Israeli media on Wednesday
reported an escalating pace of settlement and displacement of
Palestinians in the north of the occupied West Bank with construction
projects meant as a status quo imposed by force.

Haaretz newspaper called the expansion a “revolution” led by settlers
with wide governmental and military support, aimed at reviving and
rebuilding four outposts evacuated some 20 years ago.

The settlement scheme is becoming a reality imposed by force of arms
through a plan designed to displace tens of thousands of Palestinians
from their lands, it said.

This activity accelerated immediately after the formation of the
far-right government and has intensified significantly and reached a
peak since October 7, 2023, said the daily.

It quoted senior officials of the Israeli army as warning that such
steps and systematic displacement could ignite the conflict and
destabilize the region.

Meanwhile, settler leaders in the government continued to make
political gains, while the army provides full protection and support
to pro-settlement groups on the ground, according to Haaretz.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said in a report that
Israeli occupation authorities seized 283 dunums of Palestinian-owned
land in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem in May through four
confiscation orders, citing security and military reasons.

Official data showed settlers have attempted to set up 12 new
outposts during the month of May, mostly with an agricultural and
pastoral nature across the governorates of Nablus (6 outposts),
Salfit (2), and one each in Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, El-Bireh,
and Qalqilya.

//Petra//SS