{"id":474280,"date":"2026-06-03T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474280\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:15:10","slug":"palestine-urges-us-to-stop-israeli-madness-after-new-illegal-settlement-plans-in-occupied-west-bank-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474280\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine urges US to stop Israeli \u2018madness\u2019 after new illegal settlement plans in occupied West Bank \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Palestinian Authority condemned Israel\u2019s decision to build 2,162 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank, calling for US intervention to halt the Israeli \u201cmadness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll settlement activity is illegal under international law and does not confer legitimacy to anyone,\u201d the authority said in a statement carried by the official news agency Wafa.<\/p>\n<p>It said the Israeli decision constitutes a \u201cblatant challenge to international law and UN resolutions,\u201d particularly UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which affirms the illegality of the Israeli settlements in all occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>It held the Israeli authorities responsible for the \u201cserious consequences\u201d of the settlement policies, warning that they would push the region toward \u201cfurther cycles of violence and escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260522-situation-worsening-in-west-bank-warn-italy-uk-france-germany\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Situation worsening in West Bank, warn Italy, UK, France, Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The authority called on the US administration to intervene immediately \u201cto stop the Israeli madness if it genuinely seeks to promote security and stability in the region and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It stressed that the Palestinian people would remain \u201csteadfast on their land and committed to their legitimate national rights,\u201d saying the illegal settlement plans would not deter them from continuing their struggle to establish an independent Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after Israel\u2019s Higher Planning Council approved the construction of 2,162 new settlement units across several illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The plans include 1,006 units in the Gevaot settlement within the Gush Etzion bloc south of Bethlehem, 922 units in the Har Brakha settlement south of Nablus, and 234 units in Kiryat Arba settlement built on land belonging to the city of Hebron.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians view the new plans as part of an accelerated Israeli policy aimed at expanding illegal settlements, confiscating Palestinian land and creating new facts on the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260603-israeli-authorities-issue-order-to-seize-74-acres-east-of-bethlehem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli authorities issue order to seize 74 acres East of Bethlehem<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Palestinian Authority condemned Israel\u2019s decision to build 2,162 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank, calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-474280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474280","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=474280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}