{"id":297947,"date":"2026-02-18T20:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297947\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:30:07","slug":"the-take-inside-israels-plan-to-turn-west-bank-land-into-state-property-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297947\/","title":{"rendered":"The Take: Inside Israel\u2019s plan to turn West Bank land into \u2018state property\u2019 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PodcastPodcast,  The Take<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">Israel approves West Bank land claims unless Palestinians prove ownership, sparking \u2018annexation\u2019 accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government has approved a plan to claim large areas of the occupied West Bank as \u201cstate property\u201d if Palestinians cannot prove ownership, prompting regional outcry and accusations of \u201cde facto annexation\u201d. The move forces Palestinians to navigate complex legal hurdles after decades of occupation and displacement, amid continued Jewish settlement expansion. What could this mean for the future of Palestinian land?<\/p>\n<p>In this episode:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Episode credits:<\/p>\n<p>This episode was produced by Noor Wazwaz and Melanie Marich, with Tamara Khandaker, Marcos Bartolome, Maya Hamadeh, Tuleen Barakat, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Sari el-Khalili.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhemm. Alexandra Locke is The Take\u2019s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera\u2019s head of audio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Connect with us:<\/p>\n<p>@AJEPodcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEPodcasts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ajepodcasts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AJEPodcasts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLzGHKb8i9vTwjZkiFu6LhzsLUKFkYO60I\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PodcastPodcast, The Take Israel approves West Bank land claims unless Palestinians prove ownership, sparking \u2018annexation\u2019 accusations. Published On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-297947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}