DaysofPal — The Israeli occupation has approved a new plan to accelerate the construction of hotels in settlements across the occupied West Bank, allocating a total budget of 27 million shekels in a move aimed at expanding tourism infrastructure and strengthening its presence in the area.
Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz said the initiative is intended to “realize the significant tourism potential in Judea and Samaria,” the term used by the Israeli occupation to refer to the West Bank, where the project will confiscate a lot of Palestinian lands and property.
The decision comes amid an acceleration of settlement expansion projects, which comes as one of the largest settlement plans in decades, including the establishment of permanent Israeli settlements in strategic locations east and west of the Binyamin area.
The Israeli plan aims to strengthen Israeli control over key routes linking Jerusalem to central areas and extending toward the Jordan Valley, where many Palestinian homes and properties are threatened with demolition and confiscation.
Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank has drawn widespread international criticism, with most of the international community, as settlements on occupied Palestinian land are illegal under international law.
International organizations have also warned that continued Israeli settlement growth undermines prospects for a political solution and threatens the viability of a geographically contiguous Palestinian state.
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