Israeli cabinet backs 19 new settlements in West Bank

The evil continues – Peter

Israel’s cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the ultranationalist finance minister says as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in the territory.
It brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to 69, a new record, according to Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who has pushed a settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank.
The latest ones include two that were previously evacuated during a 2005 disengagement plan.
The approval increases the number of settlements in the West Bank by nearly 50 per cent during the current government’s tenure.
In 2022, there were 141 settlements across the West Bank.
After the latest approval, there are 210, according to Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group.