Israel approves major land grab in West Bank | 15 Feb 2026 | The Israeli security cabinet has approved a proposal to register large areas in the West Bank as “state property” for the first time since occupation began in 1967 following the Six-Day War. The new decision builds on a move by the cabinet last weekend, when it made it easier for Jewish settlers to buy land in the West Bank and repealed a law dating back to times of Jordanian control over the area to make land registries public rather than private… The Israeli government has long been pushing to annex the West Bank despite international condemnation and opposition of its main ally, the U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken against the move, insisting that the annexation “is not going to happen.”