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Israel Deepens West Bank Control With Land Registration Considered 'De Facto Annexation'
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israel will begin a contentious land regulation process in a large part of the occupied West Bank, which could result in Israel gaining control over wide swaths of the area for future development, according to a government decision on Sunday.
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Israeli government approves controversial new West Bank land policy
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The Israeli government has approved a controversial proposal that makes it easier for Israeli settlers to purchase land in the West Bank, media reports said on Sunday, a move that critics say will accelerate Israeli settlement construction.
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Israeli government approves controversial new West Bank land policy
The move has drawn criticism from the European Union, several Arab countries, and Germany, with the Foreign Ministry denouncing the decision as a step towards de facto annexation and a violation of international law.
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Israeli minister calls West Bank measures 'de facto sovereignty,' says no future Palestinian state
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A top Israeli official said Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing "de facto sovereignty," using language that mirrors critics' warnings about the intent behind the moves.
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Israel's settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month
YATZIV SETTLEMENT, West Bank (AP) -- Celebratory music blasting from loudspeakers mixed with the sounds of construction, almost drowning out calls to prayer from a mosque in the Palestinian town across this West Bank valley.
