Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week.
Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership. These settlements have repeatedly been declared illegal under international law by the United Nations.
Keaton Weiss and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Israel’s ongoing encroachment, often through violent means, into Palestinian territory.
Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership. These settlements have repeatedly been declared illegal under international law by the United Nations.
Keaton Weiss and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Israel’s ongoing encroachment, often through violent means, into Palestinian territory.
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