Overview
- The European Union issued a statement Friday calling the reported approvals a flagrant breach of international law and a blow to prospects for a two-state solution.
- Israeli rights group Peace Now and local media said the security cabinet quietly cleared 34 sites in early April, with 10 illegal outposts to be legalized and 24 new settlements to be built.
- Channel 24 reported some locations fall inside Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern West Bank and in remote areas that Israeli forces rarely reach.
- Al Jazeera reported there has been no official publication of the decision or comment from the Israeli government.
- EU and OIC statements referenced international law, including the ICJ’s July 2024 advisory opinion, as rights groups noted 68 earlier approvals since 2022 under the current government.