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December 15, 2025

Israel's Security Cabinet Approves Plans to Formally Recognize 19 Settlement Outposts in West Bank
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Israel's security cabinet has approved plans to formally recognize 19
settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank that are illegal - even
under Israeli law. Israeli media reports the plan was promoted by
far-right Cabinet member Bezalel Smotrich and coordinated in advance
with the Trump administration. The Palestinian Colonization and Wall
Resistance Commission condemned the move as "a dangerous escalation that
exposes the true intentions of the occupation government to entrench a
system of annexation, apartheid, and full Judaization of Palestinian
land."


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