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The last of the settlements, Nofei Prat, was currently officially considered a "neighbourhood" of another settlement near East Jerusalem, Kfar Adumim, and would now be recognised as independent, Peace Now added.Katz said the decision was a "strategic move that prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel, and serves as a buffer against our enemies."
"This is a Zionist, security, and national response - and a clear decision on the future of the country," he added.Smotrich called it a "once-in-a-generation decision" and declared: "Next step sovereignty!"But a spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas - who governs parts of the West Bank not under full Israeli control - called it a "dangerous escalation" and accused Israel of continuing to drag the region into a "cycle of violence and instability".
"This extremist Israeli government is trying by all means to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state," Nabil Abu Rudeineh told Reuters news agency.Lior Amihai, director of Peace Now, said: "The Israeli government no longer pretends otherwise: the annexation of the occupied territories and expansion of settlements is its central goal."
Elisha Ben Kimon, an Israeli journalist with the popular Ynet news site who covers the West Bank and settlements, told the BBC's Newshour programme that 70% to 80% of ministers wanted to declare the formal annexation of the West Bank.
"I think that Israel is a few steps from declaring this area as Israeli territory. They believe that this period will never be coming back, this is one opportunity that they don't want to slip from their hands - that's why they're doing this now," Mr Ben Kimon told the BBC's Newshour programme.behind the counter at sites where there are high levels of theft.
And in 2023, photos circulating on social mediaincluding steaks and cheese with security tags, while coffee was replaced with dummy jars.
An 18-year-old's filmmaking debut has been nominated for best film at a red-carpet ceremony in London.Grace Holt, from Sheffield, wrote and directed her genre-subverting short film 'No Dice' for her A-Level Film Studies coursework.