Israel Plans Over 2,700 New Illegal West Bank Settlement Units
The commission disclosed that Israel's Higher Planning Council — operating under the Israeli military's Civil Administration department — is scheduled to convene Wednesday to deliberate on a sweeping new package of settlement expansion projects.
In an official statement, the commission said the plans include at least 2,721 new settlement units in several settlements across the occupied West Bank alongside zoning and structural projects aimed at expanding settlement boundaries and strengthening their legal and planning frameworks.
The breakdown of proposed units, according to the commission, is as follows: 1,006 units near Bethlehem in the Givat settlement, 922 units south of Nablus in Har Bracha, 455 units west of Jenin in Mevo Dotan, and 234 units east of Hebron in Kiryat Arba.
Wednesday's session is also expected to address construction boundary adjustments, land-use reclassifications, and revised building regulations across multiple settlement blocs, the commission added.
The body characterized the proposed projects as a continuation of deliberate Israeli efforts to entrench existing settlements and manufacture irreversible realities on occupied Palestinian land.
The commission warned that the plans would lead to further confiscation of Palestinian land, deepen geographic fragmentation between Palestinian communities and reinforce what it described as Israel's gradual annexation policies in the occupied West Bank.
Commission figures current through March 30 paint a stark picture of the scale of settlement activity: more than 542 illegal settlements and outposts have been established across the occupied West Bank, housing upward of 780,000 Israeli settlers. That total comprises 192 formal settlements and 350 outposts — more than 165 of which have been established since October 2023, with 59 erected during 2025 alone.
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