Rania R.a. Abushamala<\/p>\n
01 July 2026\u2022Update: 01 July 2026<\/p>\n
The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned Wednesday of Israeli-backed settlement plans aimed at seizing 100 strategic points across the occupied West Bank. <\/p>\n
In a statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the PA said the Israeli plans represent a \u201cdangerous escalation and a further entrenchment of Israel’s annexation and settlement policies.\u201d <\/p>\n
It said the plans are intended \u201cto destroy any opportunity for peace and stability.\u201d <\/p>\n
The PA accused the Israeli government of continuing to impose facts on the ground in Palestinian territory \u201cin an attempt to undermine the two-state solution and all international efforts aimed at ending the occupation.\u201d <\/p>\n
It reiterated that all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, are \u201cillegal, null and void\u201d under international law. <\/p>\n
The authority stressed that illegal settlement activities violate UN resolutions, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, and \u201cdo not grant Israel any sovereign rights\u201d over occupied Palestinian land. <\/p>\n
The PA held the Israeli government responsible for the consequences of continued settlement expansion, warning that further such measures could lead to greater regional escalation. <\/p>\n
It also called on the international community, particularly the US administration, to take immediate action to halt settlement activity and compel Israel to comply with international law. <\/p>\n
On Monday, Israeli daily Israel Hayom revealed a settlement plan to take control of around 100 strategic points inside Area A of the occupied West Bank. <\/p>\n
According to the report, the targeted points are located deep inside Area A, which falls under full Palestinian civil and security control under the Oslo II Accord. <\/p>\n
Under the 1995 accord, the West Bank is divided into Areas A, B and C. Area A is under full Palestinian control, Area B is under Palestinian civil administration and Israeli security control, while Area C remains under full Israeli control and accounts for roughly 60% of the occupied West Bank. <\/p>\n
The UN has repeatedly affirmed that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are illegal under international law, warning that they undermine prospects for a two-state solution. <\/p>\n
Palestinians insist on East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, based on international resolutions that do not recognize Israel\u2019s 1967 occupation or its 1980 annexation of the city. <\/p>\n
*Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rania R.a. Abushamala 01 July 2026\u2022Update: 01 July 2026 The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned Wednesday of Israeli-backed settlement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-520158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520158","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=520158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}