The Israeli movement Peace Now, which specializes in settlement affairs, revealed that the Higher Planning Council of the occupation will meet next Wednesday to proceed with plans to build 567 settlement units in two settlements in Bethlehem and occupied Jerusalem.
The movement explained that the Higher Council will hold a repeated discussion on a plan to build 464 settlement units in a settlement northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
It noted that the council responsible for approving settlement plans has been holding weekly meetings since November 2024 to advance plans for constructing settlement units, instead of convening four times a year to approve thousands of units at once.
According to Peace Now, by the end of 2024, the number of settlers in the West Bank reached about 770,000, distributed across 180 settlements and 256 outposts, including 138 classified as agricultural and pastoral outposts.