# Why is Israel building new illegal settlements?

https://mins.news/en/video/29411

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-22 17:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9-YY4Ma8o

> Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have expanded for decades. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government has accelerated the creation of new ones to tighten Israel’s control and obstruct a contiguous Palestinian state. With elections months away, it has opened bids to build 1,200 illegal housing units.

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