The Israeli government has approved a plan to begin land registration in the occupied West Bank, meaning it will be able to seize land from Palestinians who cannot prove ownership. For the first time since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, it will register such land as property of the state also known as settlement of land title in Area C of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli authorities are engaged in multiple major efforts, including building settlements and pursuing annexation, to ensure there will be no Palestinian state in the future. Israeli authorities are expected to advance plans to build 9,000 new housing units in an illegal settlement on the site of the abandoned Qalandiya airport in occupied East Jerusalem, in another attempt to cut off Palestinian lands from each other and block any possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state ever emerging.
Putin told reporters on Thursday, "Of course, we ultimately want to reach an agreement with Ukraine, but right now, it is practically impossible. Legally impossible. "Those who can, those who want to, let them conduct negotiations. We need our decisions to be internationally recognized by the main global players." Putin warned, "These are different things, so we, of course, need recognition, but not from Ukraine today. I hope that in the future we can reach an agreement with Ukraine."
The Area Plan preserves existing patterns of development in order to protect operations of Travis Air Force Base in the Travis Protection Zone and permit industrial development in the Lambie Industrial Park
