Netanyahu Coalition's Jewish Settlement Expansion Policy, 2022

In December 2022, the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, characterized as Israel's most right-wing government to date, declared its intention to build new communities in the contested regions of the Golan Heights, West Bank, and East Jerusalem. These areas, captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, have been central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the West Bank and East Jerusalem seen as crucial for a future Palestinian state. This policy announcement was met with opposition from the United States and condemnation from global bodies like the UN, which views such settlements as illegal under international law