Foreign Ministries Condemn Israeli Moves in West Bank as Effort to Consolidate Control

Israeli officials say they are simplifying land purchases and expanding regulatory oversight in the West Bank.
Foreign Ministries Condemn Israeli Moves in West Bank as Effort to Consolidate Control
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives for a press conference about new settlement construction near Maale Adumim in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Aug. 14, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
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Several foreign ministries in the Middle East and other regions have condemned recent Israeli government decisions affecting the occupied West Bank, describing the steps as part of what they called a broader effort to consolidate control over the territory.

In a joint statement on Feb. 23, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, among others, described the changes as “wide-ranging” and said they reclassified Palestinian land as “so-called Israeli ‘state land’.”

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