RAMALLAH, May 25, 2025 (WAFA) – The Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission reported today that it has documented four attempts by Israeli colonists to establish new Israeli settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank in the past 24 hours.

According to Amir Daoud, Director of Documentation and Publication at the Commission, three of the attempts took place in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, specifically on lands belonging to the towns of Deir Jarir, Al-Mughayyir, and Ein Arik.

The fourth attempt was reported in the Shalal al-Auja area near Jericho, east of the West Bank.

The Commission noted a surge in similar activity last month. In April, colonists attempted to establish at least nine new outposts, most of which were agricultural or pastoral in nature.

According to the Commission’s monthly report, these April outpost attempts included three in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, two in Salfit, and one each in the governorates of Jericho, Hebron, Tubas, and Nablus.

These makeshift settlements, often agricultural or pastoral in nature, are typically erected by Israeli settlers on Palestinian land without official government authorization—though many are later retroactively legalized by Israeli authorities.

Under international law, all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal, a position reaffirmed by numerous United Nations resolutions. However, Israel continues to expand its settlement enterprise, a policy widely seen as a major obstacle to any future peace agreement.

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