SAEDNEWS: According to a Palestinian commission, the plans include residential expansion and the conversion of Palestinian agricultural land.
According to Saednews, The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission reported on Saturday that Israeli authorities are advancing several settlement expansion projects across the occupied West Bank. According to its weekly report, the plans focus on three key areas: constructing additional housing units, transforming agricultural land and open spaces into urban and industrial zones, and expanding infrastructure and services to facilitate further settlement growth.
The proposed developments are spread across the governorates of Qalqilya, Salfit, Nablus, Ramallah and al-Bireh, and Hebron, as well as the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the southern occupied West Bank.
Among the major projects, Israeli authorities are planning to construct 288 additional housing units in the Kedumim settlement, established on Palestinian land belonging to the village of Kafr Qaddum in Qalqilya. Another 200 housing units are proposed for the Talmon settlement, near Ramallah.
In Hebron, plans include the construction of 225 new units in the Beit Hagai settlement. Near Nablus, authorities are also planning to convert agricultural land to accommodate 83 additional housing units in the Elon Moreh settlement.
The proposed developments are part of broader settlement expansion efforts across the occupied Palestinian territory. All Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under international law.
