Overview
- More than 100 states and international blocs, including India, the European Union, the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, signed a joint statement demanding Israel reverse the moves and rejecting any form of annexation.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo warned the land registration plan could dispossess Palestinians and represents a dangerous expansion of Israeli civil authority in the occupied territory.
- Israel’s cabinet approved resuming land-title settlement in the West Bank for the first time since 1967 and easing settler land purchases, which the Foreign Ministry defends as an administrative step under civil and property law.
- Foreign ministers and UN experts argue the measures violate international law and contradict the International Court of Justice’s 2024 advisory opinion, undermining prospects for a two-state solution.
- At a UN Security Council session, officials highlighted intensifying West Bank raids, settler violence and displacements, as far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich urged extending Israeli sovereignty and encouraging Palestinian emigration.