Israel approves 126 new settlement units in northern West Bank
Israeli authorities have approved the construction of 126 illegal settlement units in Sanur, near Jenin in the northern West Bank. The area was evacuated under Israel’s 2005 disengagement plan. A regional council head said Sanur “will be rebuilt” and eventually become “a city in Israel.”
Israel has approved the construction of 126 illegal settlement units in the Sanur area, located near Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli media reported Wednesday. “Twenty years after its evacuation, a plan has been approved to build 126 permanent homes in Sanur settlement,” Channel 12 said. The move represents a renewed push to expand illegal settlement activity in an area that was previously evacuated as part of Israel’s 2005 disengagement plan from four settlements in the northern West Bank.
Settlement expansion
Yossi Dagan, head of the regional council representing settlements in the northern West Bank, declared that Sanur “will be rebuilt.” “It will include 126 permanent homes, and in the future it will become a city in Israel,” he added. The approval comes amid heightened regional tensions following the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. International law considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank illegal, and successive US administrations have called for a freeze on settlement activity.
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