![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/israel-pm-elect-netanyahus-deal-plans-to-bolster-settlements/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127669983_mediaitem127669982.jpg&description=Image source, ReutersImage caption, Settlements and outposts are one of the most divisive issues of the Israel-Palestinian conflictA deal between Israel's prime minister-elect and his far-right partner reveals the likely next government's highly controversial plans for settlements.It includes moves to legalise dozens of outposts in the occupied West Bank.If the plan becomes policy, it will set Israel on collision course with the Palestinians and its foreign allies.Jewish settlements are widely seen by the international community as illegal, but Israel disagrees. Outposts though are illegal even under Israeli law.Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party sent out a statement on Wednesday on what they agreed would go into the coalition agreement, which has yet to be signed.It says they also decided to create Jewish religious seminaries in two evacuated outposts - Evyatar and Homesh. That would inflame tensions with Palestinians in nearby villages, which have seen regular protests against settlers trying to take over the land, often leading to deadly clashes with Israeli soldiers."We don't care what was agreed, the people of our town will resist the settlers' presence," Dr Hutifa Badir from Beita, a village near Nablus and by the Evyatar outpost, told the BBC."We arm ourselves with the blood of martyrs and the wounded. We're committed to our land, and we will not give up on it whatever the cost."The deal between Likud and the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party of extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir would also see new infrastructure.A total of $500m (€484m; £425m) would be budgeted for settler bypass roads and the expansion of Highway 60, the main traffic route used by West Bank settlements. These would connect them more easily with towns and cities in Israel.In addition, a proposed law would set minimum sentences for what is termed "agricultural crime". Palestinian activists say this would allow greater impunity when Israeli settlers attack or harass Pales){kind=link}
A deal between Israel’s prime minister-elect and his far-right partner reveals the likely next government’s highly controversial plans for settlements.
It includes moves to legalise dozens of outposts in the occupied West Bank.
If the plan becomes policy, it will set Israel on collision course with the Palestinians and its foreign allies.
Jewish settlements are widely seen by the international community as illegal, but Israel disagrees. Outposts though are illegal even under Israeli law.
Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party sent out a statement on Wednesday on what they agreed would go into the coalition agreement, which has yet to be signed.