Ramallah, July 7 (Petra) — Israeli settlement activity in the
occupied Palestinian territories reached unprecedented levels in
2025, with a record number of new settlements, settlement units, and
outposts approved or established, according to a report issued
Tuesday by the Israeli human rights organization Peace Now.

The report, titled “Summary of a Year of Terror, Expulsion, and
Annexation 2025 in the Settlements,” said the escalation in Israeli
settlement and colonization activity included the establishment of
new settlements and outposts, the expansion of existing settlements,
increased attacks by extremist Israeli settlers, the demolition of
Palestinian structures, and the displacement of Palestinian
communities as part of what it described as an accelerated annexation
policy in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

According to the report, Israeli occupation authorities approved the
establishment of 54 new settlements during 2025, including outposts
that were later legalized. They also approved the construction of
27,941 settlement units, issued tenders for an additional 9,629
units, and expanded the municipal boundaries of 27 settlements.

The report said 86 new settlement outposts were established during
the year, including 60 pastoral outposts, averaging one to two new
outposts each week. It added that settler attacks led to the complete
or partial displacement of 22 Palestinian communities.

Peace Now also documented the demolition of 1,269 Palestinian
structures in Area C of the occupied West Bank under the pretext of
lacking building permits. In addition, it recorded 1,828 attacks by
extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property,
resulting in the killing of nine Palestinians and injuries to 838
others.

The organization said the Israeli government has continued to
allocate substantial resources to expand settlement activity despite
its domestic challenges. It argued that these policies are intended
to undermine the prospects for the establishment of a Palestinian
state, prolong the conflict, deepen Israel’s international isolation,
and increase its economic burdens.

The report added that most of the newly established settlements are
located deep inside the occupied West Bank, strengthening Israeli
control over large areas of Palestinian land and further diminishing
prospects for a political settlement based on a two-state solution.

//Petra// AJ