A proposed plan to establish 61 new settlements in Judea and Samaria is expected to be brought before the Israeli cabinet for approval, according to a report by Axios correspondent Barak Ravid. Details of the plan beyond the number of settlements were not immediately disclosed. The report comes amid ongoing diplomatic and security focus on the region.
Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported on X/Twitter on Sunday afternoon that a plan to establish 61 new settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) is scheduled to be brought before the Israeli cabinet for approval. The report, carried by The Jerusalem Post, did not specify the geographic distribution of the proposed settlements, the timeline for the vote, or the plan's overall scope, which may include more elements than settlement establishment.
The move would represent one of the largest single settlement-authorization initiatives in decades, if approved. According to The Zioneer's previous reporting, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan presented a separate plan — 'Hitchabrut' — last week in Washington to establish 18 communities in northern Samaria, winning support from Republican congressmen. The cabinet plan reported by Ravid appears to be a broader, government-level proposal, though its relationship to Dagan's private initiative is unclear.
The proposal follows a period of heightened international scrutiny of settlement activity and sits against the backdrop of ongoing military operations in Gaza, where Prime Minister Netanyahu recently stated Israel holds 60% of the strip. Additional details on the cabinet proposal are not yet available.
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