Israel announces new West Bank settlements – Middle East Monitor

The Israeli occupation government has approved 22 new Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said today, Reuters reported.

Far-right Smotrich, an advocate for Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory, wrote on X that the new settlements would be located in the northern area of the West Bank, without specifying where.

Israeli media cited the Defence Ministry as saying that among the new Jewish…