"The Israeli government has approved a proposal to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as state property, for the first time since the Israeli occupation of the territory in 1967. Israeli public broadcaster KAN on Sunday said the proposal was submitted by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Defence Minister Israel Katz. Most Palestinian land is not formally registered because it is a long, complicated process that Israel stopped in 1967."
"A new Israeli settlement near the town of Beita, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, February 9, 2026 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]"
The Israeli government approved a proposal to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as state property, marking the first such action since 1967. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Defence Minister Israel Katz submitted the proposal. Most Palestinian land is not formally registered because the registration process is long, complicated, and was halted by Israel after the 1967 occupation. The registration would reclassify unregistered land as Israeli state property, with potential impacts on land ownership, settlement expansion, and the legal status of Palestinian communities across the West Bank. Further details remain pending.
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