The Israeli occupation’s Interior Ministry is moving to officially register five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, including Havat Gilad, which sits on privately owned Palestinian land near Nablus.
Official recognition would allow these outposts to receive state funding, municipal services, and access to national infrastructure, while also enabling expanded construction under Israeli planning laws.
Under Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, settlement legalization has accelerated, with 25 settlements recognized in two months, aiming to reinforce Israeli control over Area C and block prospects for a Palestinian state.
