Housing projects in Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem are being marketed to buyers in Western cities through developers, brokers, and mortgage advisers targeting investors from London to New York and beyond.

The decision to impose Israeli control over Area H2 of the 1997 Hebron Agreement, replacing the role of the Palestinian Authority, marks the latest step in a long series of moves to entrench Israeli Occupation rule over the West Bank.

The Israeli Occupation has not only controlled Palestinian movement since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967, but has also built a system of unofficial travel ban lists, turning the al-Karama Crossing into a tool of punishment.

Growing Greek-Israeli military ties, alongside Athens’ acceptance of the Global Sumud Flotilla activists, effectively gave "Tel Aviv" a way out of a political clash with European capitals.

Extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and War Minister Israel Katz announced a series of measures approved by the security cabinet aimed at deepening Israeli control over the West Bank.