"Israel's decision to resume the land registration processes in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967 will facilitate the dispossession and displacement of Palestinians in violation of international law, Israeli rights groups say. The land registration process also known as settlement of land title has been reinstated after nearly six decades, following the government's approval on Sunday of a proposal submitted by far-right Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Justice Yariv Levin, and Minister of Defence Israel Katz."
"While Israel has increased the confiscation of Palestinian land through military orders, with the activity reaching record levels in 2025, the new move gives Israel a legal avenue that systemati[ses] the dispossession of Palestinian land to further Israeli settlement expansion and cement the apartheid regime, Bimkom, an Israeli human rights organisation that focuses on land and housing rights, said in a statement."
Israel resumed land registration in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967, reinstating settlement of land title after nearly six decades. The government approved a proposal submitted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Defence Minister Israel Katz. Rights groups warn the process will facilitate dispossession and displacement of Palestinians and provide a legal avenue for settlement expansion and annexation. Military confiscation of Palestinian land reached record levels in 2025. Land registration under the Jordanian administration covered about 30 percent of the West Bank, leaving roughly 70 percent unregistered and hard to prove ownership for many Palestinians.
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