The Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said on Friday that Israel is advancing new settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, involving the construction of 1,024 settlement units on more than 1,069 dunams (about 264 acres) of Palestinian land.
In a statement, the commission accused Israeli authorities of accelerating settlement expansion through projects aimed at “entrenching de facto annexation and expanding settlements” across the occupied territory.
The commission said Israel’s Higher Planning Council, operating under the Civil Administration, has discussed nine settlement plans since the beginning of July that have entered the approval and deposit stages.
According to the commission, the plans include 1,024 new settlement units, of which 455 have been approved, while 569 have been deposited for further planning procedures.