Israel's government has recently approved a significant land seizure in the occupied West Bank, marking the largest such action since the 1993 Oslo Accords aimed at establishing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The Israeli rights group Peace Now reported that the Israeli military's Civil Administration department issued a declaration on June 25, designating a 1,270-hectare (3,138-acre) area in the Jordan Valley near Jericho as state land.
Peace Now, which monitors illegal Israeli settlement expansion, criticized the move, stating that it further complicates the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The group highlighted that this year has seen a surge in Israeli land seizures in the Palestinian territory, with the latest declaration being part of a series of similar actions.
