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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/22/israel-largest-west-bank-settlement-blinken-visit/

Israels far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group.

Fridays land order is particularly problematic for the prospect of a two-state solution, experts say.If Israel confiscates land around Jerusalem, all the way to the Dead Sea, there will be no future for a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, said Hamza Zubiedat, a land rights activist for the Ramallah-based Maan Development Center. This is where a Palestinian capital was supposed to be located, according to the American and European talks.The land transfer will also cut across the West Bank, dividing the north and south.