Palestinians say Israeli changes to occupied West Bank governance essentially legalise settlements.
![An Israeli settler adjusts a large Star of David in the recently established wildcat outpost of Eviatar near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 2, 2021. [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AP21183532644491_cropped-1770655154.jpg)
Palestinians say Israeli changes to occupied West Bank governance essentially legalise settlements.
![An Israeli settler adjusts a large Star of David in the recently established wildcat outpost of Eviatar near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 2, 2021. [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AP21183532644491_cropped-1770655154.jpg)
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