Overview

• Peace Now reports 2024 as the peak year for Israeli land seizures in the West Bank.
• The land seizure connects Israeli settlements, complicating the formation of a contiguous Palestinian state.
• Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich supports the move to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
• UN and international bodies condemn the seizure, calling it a barrier to peace.
• The Israeli government has seized 23.7 sq km of West Bank land since the start of the year.