The reestablishment of settlements in the northern West Bank, alongside the uptick in settler violence, is part of a broader plan to normalize annexation. But both things are a result of specific government policies, that can be reversed
Last week, the IDF expelled a Palestinian family from their home ahead of the inauguration of a settlement called Emek Dotan in the northern part of the West Bank. Earlier this year, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich both participated in a similar event at Sanur, another new settlement nearby.