Illegal settlement expansion has been promoted by successive Israeli governments over nearly six decades, but Netanyahu's far-right government has made it a top priority.
Violence from illegal Israeli settlers has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022, according to a UN report, with officials describing the exodus as unparalleled in recent years.
"The humanitarian community is responding to their immediate needs, but there would be no need for humanitarian assistance if their fundamental rights were upheld." The Palestinian communities that saw the greatest population loss were in areas with the highest number of settlement outposts, according to the report.
Settler firebrand and powerful Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich now oversees settlement policy and has vowed to step up construction and legalise outposts built without authorization.
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