The official noted that the security cabinet’s approval represents “an attempt to continue dragging the region into a cycle of violence and instability.”

Rudeina underscored that all Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law and several UN Security Council resolutions. “The far-right Israeli government must stop destabilizing the West Bank and the entire region,” he stressed.

The spokesman criticized the “criminal aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” and demanded that the United States urgently intervene to halt its ally’s policies. “Washington must force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abide by international laws and cease its war against the Palestinian territories,” he stressed.

The Times of Israel revealed that last week the cabinet approved in a secret vote the establishment of the 22 settlements, which include several completely new ones and others that would be legalized.

According to official data, more than 750,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, despite international protests, which consider the territory part of the future Palestinian state.

Researcher Suhail Khaliliya recently denounced that the Netanyahu administration approved the Construction of approximately 40,000 housing units for Jews in the West Bank.

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