Israel Set to Rapidly Expand West Bank Settlement
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/middleeast/israel-west-bank-settlements.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rFA.F2oS.Cmfbw_H7g-vC&smid=url-share
"Israel’s government is expected to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming days to rapidly expand Jewish settlement across the occupied West Bank ahead of national elections this fall.
... Mr. Netanyahu’s government has long focused on expanding West Bank settlement with the stated goal of preventing the rise of a Palestinian state on the territory. Most of the world views the settlements as a violation of international law.
Israel argues that the West Bank land is disputed territory and its fate should be determined in negotiations. But there have been no Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for more than a decade and none are on the horizon. Many in the government want Israel to declare sovereignty over at least part of the West Bank.
... The expansion push follows a surge in settler violence in the West Bank in recent years. With the world largely distracted by wars in the Middle East, extremist settlers have intensified their attacks on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank in a violent campaign of intimidation that has emptied out entire Palestinian villages...'
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Millions of people displaced, nobody seems to care about them. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-70-percent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rFA.WVtH.uaY2uQv5Mr52&smid=url-share
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to expand its control of the Gaza Strip to 70 percent of the Palestinian enclave, ratcheting up the pressure on Hamas, the militant group that rules the rest..."