For the first time since 2005, new settlements (or in Israeli official language “unauthorized outposts”) were established in the occupied West Bank: “Nahalei Tal”, north-west of Ramallah, and “Tzofin North” (or “Tzofim North”), adjacent to the settlement of Tzofin, north of Qalqiliya. As opposed to the sporadic outposts that are created by the extreme right-wing youth in the settlements and evacuated every few weeks by the security forces, it is evident that the two new outposts are highly supported by the authorities. They include mobile homes, infrastructure, electricity, water and roads (and even air-conditioning). From the civil administration’s of the occupation forces response to Peace Now’s complaint it is apparent that at this stage there is no intention to evacuate the outposts.

Nahalei Tal, electricity, air-conditioning and infrastructure from the State (Photo: Peace Now)

According to Peace Now: “Prime Minister Netanyahu began his tenure with the Bar Ilan Speech promising to promote the 2-State-Solution, and is now ending his term, after breaching almost all his promises, with a discordant chord. After the government rewarded the lawbreakers that built on private Palestinian lands in Migron and the Ulpana with alternative homes and other benefits, the government continues to make a mockery of the rule of law and to allow a radical minority to establish new outposts, which create facts on the ground that harm the possibility of an agreement with the Palestinians.”

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             http://peacenow.org.il/eng/NewOutposts