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Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|November 22, 2025
Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory.
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Israel's Civil Administration announced its intention to expropriate large swaths of Sebastia, a major archaeological site in the West Bank, in the document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group, said the site is around 1,800 dunams (450 acres) ~ Israel's largest seizure of archeologically important land. The move came as Israeli settlers celebrated the creation of an
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