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PA says Israeli move to legalize 19 West Bank outposts ‘another step to erase Palestinian geography’
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Illustrative: Trucks and heavy machinery are seen at a new Israeli settlement outpost near the settlements of Kiryat Arba'a and Kharsina, on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Hebron in the southern West Bank on October 30, 2025. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
The Palestinian Authority blasts an Israeli cabinet decision to advance the legalization of 19 outposts in the West Bank.
PA minister Mu’ayyad Sha’ban calls the cabinet decision another step to erase Palestinian geography.
Sha’ban, of the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, says the decision raised serious alarms over the future of the West Bank.
Illegal outposts have mushroomed across the West Bank over the past two years, becoming hotbeds for settler violence against neighboring Palestinians.
While the outposts were built without the necessary permits, they have been receiving increased support and funding from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government.
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