Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
by Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6XKVD)
Defence minister says move prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel'
Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week.
Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as state lands", which prevents private Palestinian ownership.
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