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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Caleb Diehl and Joseph Federman

A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years

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Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades and advanced plans to build thousands of new settlement homes, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. They are the latest steps by Israel’s hard-line government meant to cement Israel’s control over the territory and prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

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