"The rules will make it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land in the occupied West Bank and give Israeli officials stronger powers to enforce laws on Palestinians in the area, Israeli media reported. The West Bank is among the areas that Palestinians seek for a future independent state, along with Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem. Much of the West Bank is under direct Israeli military control, with extremely limited Palestinian self-rule in some areas, governed by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA)."
"According to the Israeli news outlets Ynet and Haaretz, the new steps include removing rules that stopped private Jewish individuals from buying land in the occupied West Bank. The measures also include allowing Israeli authorities to take charge of managing some religious sites, and increasing Israeli supervision and enforcement in areas run by the PA, according to the media reports. The office of far-right Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, in a statement said we will continue to bury the idea of a Palestinian state."
Israel's security cabinet approved new rules intended to strengthen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank. The measures remove restrictions on private Jewish purchases of land, allow Israeli authorities to manage some religious sites, and increase supervision and enforcement in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian presidency called the decision dangerous and an attempt to legalize settlement expansion and land confiscation, and urged U.S. and U.N. Security Council intervention. Jordan condemned the move as aimed at imposing illegal Israeli sovereignty and entrenching settlements, while Hamas called for intensified confrontation in the West Bank.
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