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Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit

Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit

Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group.

“While there are those in Israel and the world who seek to undermine our right over the Judea and Samaria area and the country in general,” Smotrich said Friday, referring to the territory by its biblical name, “we are promoting settlement through hard work and in a strategic manner all over the country.”

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law. Still, Israel has used land orders like the one issued Friday to gain control over 16 percent of Palestinian-controlled lands in the West Bank. The newly seized area includes parcels in the Jordan Valley and between the settlements of Maale Adumim and Keidar.