The newspaper "Israel Hayom" said that a plan being prepared by settlement movements in the occupied West Bank aims to bring about a radical change in the map of the region, by targeting "A" areas under Palestinian civil and security control.
The newspaper explained that the plan, led by the "Settlement Farms Union" and the "Habita" (Homeland) Forum, sets out a mechanism for establishing positions at approximately 100 strategic points within the West Bank on what is called "Order Day" or "Implementation Day".
She added that these points are located deep within the areas classified as “A” under the “Oslo II Agreement”, and that the plan was presented to ministers in the Israeli government and figures close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and includes major Palestinian cities.
Under the “Oslo II Agreement” signed in 1995, the West Bank is divided into Areas “A”, “B”, and “C”, with Area “A” under full Palestinian control, while Area “C” is under full Israeli control and constitutes about 60% of the area of the West Bank.
The revelation of the plan coincides with the Israeli occupation army continuing to establish a military site within an area classified as "A" in the city of Jenin, after seizing private Palestinian land.
In the first Palestinian comment, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission warned that the plan represents a "dangerous shift" in Israel's accelerated annexation of the West Bank.
The head of the commission, Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, said that the plan is led by settlement entities linked to the “Union of Settlement Farms” and other settlement forums, and represents a qualitative development in the settlement project aimed at undermining Palestinian geography and emptying international agreements of their content.
He added that the plan "cannot be considered an isolated move led by fringe groups, but rather comes in the context of the transformations that Israel has witnessed in recent years, especially under the current right-wing government, which adopts a policy to consolidate control over the occupied Palestinian territories and impose the realities of de facto annexation."
He explained that the Israeli government “crossed many red lines” by targeting the foundations of the Palestinian national entity, through fragmenting Palestinian geography, isolating cities, villages and population centers and turning them into separate areas lacking geographical and political cohesion.
He pointed out that targeting Area A represents a direct attack on the arrangements stipulated in the signed agreements, and an attempt to impose a new reality that negates the foundations upon which they were based.
Shaaban stressed that the danger of the plan goes beyond its field dimensions, and reflects the growing influence of settlement organizations within the Israeli government system, after they moved from pressuring for settlement expansion to direct participation in decision-making.
He called on the international community to take practical measures to stop the annexation and settlement plans, warning that continuing to treat them as "daily facts" encourages Israel to undermine international law and resolutions of internationallegitimacy.
He also called on international human rights and legal institutions to take action to stop the annexation and fragmentation plans, stressing that confronting the settlement project is not limited to condemnation, but requires stopping the political, legal and field tools that allow its expansion and the imposition of new realities on the ground.
The West Bank is witnessing an escalation in demolitions and attacks by settlers and the Israeli occupation army against Palestinians and their property, including bulldozing agricultural lands and preventing farmers from accessing them, especially in areas close to settlements.
In 1948, Israel was established on land occupied by armed organizations, resulting in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. It then occupied the rest of the Palestinian territories in 1967 and continues to refuse to withdraw from them or allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
