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In February, the Israeli government approved a land registration process allowing Israel to claim territory in the occupied West Bank as “state property” if Palestinians cannot prove ownership – a move that has been described as “de facto annexation.”

A few weeks later, dozens of new illegal settlements were approved.

Israel's cabinet had voted in 2025 to take full responsibility for land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is an area comprising around 60 percent of the territory and home to the vast majority of Israeli settlements.

A bill passed by the Knesset in October last year also called for applying Israeli “sovereignty” over all settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the territory since 7 October 2023. UN experts warned in March 2026 that Israel’s policy of genocide was extending into the West Bank.