The Israeli government has approved a controversial plan to restart land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967.

The National Briefing · Feb 17, 2026 · 5m

The Israeli government has approved a controversial plan to restart land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967. The move would allow the state to formally register large areas of land as Israeli state property if Palestinian residents cannot prove ownership — a process critics say will accelerate settlement expansion and amount to “de facto annexation.”

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