‘Israel’ cabinet approves measures to entrench de facto annexation in West Bank
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‘Israeli’ security cabinet has approved a package of strategic decisions aimed at deepening occupation control and entrenching what is widely described as the “de facto annexation” of large areas of the occupied West Bank.
The measures, pushed by the far-right wing of the government, include approving the legalization of new settlement outposts and expanding the powers of the so-called Civil Administration to cover areas classified as B and C.
The package also includes strict punitive steps against the Palestinian Authority, in response to its legal and diplomatic moves at international courts, according to reports.
End of the “silent annexation”
The steps are designed to undermine any future possibility of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state by linking settlements and gradually imposing ‘Israeli’ civil law over wide parts of the West Bank.
Observers say the moves mark a shift from what was known as “silent annexation” toward an openly declared and actively implemented policy on the ground.
