Israeli occupation turns settlement outposts into new neighborhoods in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Aug. 12 (YPA) – The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission revealed on Tuesday an Israeli systematic settlement plan aimed at expanding the “Eli” settlement, built on private land south of Nablus, and transforming the surrounding settlement outposts into neighborhoods affiliated with the settlement.

The commission’s head, Mu’ayyad Shaaban, explained that the Israeli occupation authorities have approved massive master plans to complete the plan to separate the central West Bank from its northern part through the settlement bloc extending between the “Shilo” and “Eli” settlements.

The statement added that the plans that were submitted and approved include the construction of hundreds of new settlement units.

Shaaban revealed a plan to build 50 settlement units last July, in addition to two other large plans to build 650 units to regularize the status of a settlement outpost east of the settlement and another 347 units to transform the Hevel Harim outpost into a neighborhood affiliated with Eli.

The statement indicated that these expansions are part of a series of Israeli settlement plans in the West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem). The construction of 4,492 new settlement units has been approved, and plans for 1,095 additional units have been submitted in the West Bank, in addition to other plans in Al-Quds.

The commission emphasized that these ongoing settlement expansions would strengthen the Israeli settlement presence, making the two-state solution more difficult to achieve and undermining the chances of establishing an independent Palestinian state.

YPA