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Thousands of Israeli settlers camped overnight across the occupied West Bank, as part of a plan to set up new outposts.

The money to be spent on connecting the outposts to the electricity grid and installing security cameras - Click the link for more details.

In a top-secret meeting held in 1979, revealed here for the first time, then-Agricultural Minister Ariel Sharon explained that firing zones were meant to create 'land reserves' for settlements, as part of his larger plan of establishing 'ethnic borders' between Jews and Palestinians.

'The agricultural lands whose status is sorted will serve everyone, both Bedouin and Jews. The problem is that in the meantime, one only sees chaos'

“In my eyes, this is the most important thing this government has done up until now,” said Yishai Merling, head of the Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization.

The move comes despite objections by the Finance Ministry and planning bodies. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked: We're fulfilling Ben Gurion's vision.

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Israel has approved the construction of five new settlements in the Negev (Naqab) desert region.

Government says new construction will strengthen settlements in a region of 'national strategic importance'

Four of the five communities in Israel's southern desert are slated for Jews, with admission committees vetting the prospective residents