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Israel says will establish 22 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank

May 29, 2025

Jerusalem Day — Members of Jewish youth movements unfurl a giant Israeli flag on the eve of Jerusalem Day an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the Old City during the 1967 Mideast war, next to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, May 25, 2025. AP/PTI(AP05_25_2025_000631B)

Jerusalem, May 29 (AP) Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

They would include new settlements and the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation.

Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians want it to be the main part of their future state. (AP) GRS GRS