"Peace Now": 2025 Witnessed the Largest Surge in Colonial Expansion in the West Bank

SadaNews - A report released by the Israeli organization "Peace Now" revealed that the year 2025 witnessed an unprecedented escalation in Israeli colonial projects in the occupied Palestinian territory, through the establishment of new settlements and colonial outposts, expansion of colonial construction, increased incidents of settler violence, demolitions of Palestinian structures, and the displacement of their communities, within what the report described as a rapid annexation policy for the West Bank and Jerusalem.

The report, titled: "A Year of Terror, Displacement, and Annexation – Summary of 2025 in the Settlements," indicated that the occupation authorities approved the establishment of 54 new settlements during the year, among which were outposts that were "legalized," alongside the approval of the construction of 27,941 settlement units, tenders for the establishment of another 9,629 units, and the granting of 27 settlements new municipal jurisdiction areas.

According to the report, a total of 86 new colonial outposts were established during 2025, including 60 pastoral outposts, at a rate of one to two outposts per week, which led to the complete or partial displacement of 22 Palestinian communities due to settler attacks.

It noted that the occupation authorities demolished 1,269 Palestinian facilities in the area classified as "C" under the pretext of building without a permit, while 1,828 attacks were recorded as perpetrated by settlers against Palestinians and their property, resulting in the martyrdom of 9 Palestinians and the injury of 838 others.

The organization viewed that the Israeli government, while facing internal crises, continues to inject billions of shekels to expand the colonial project, considering that these policies aim to prevent any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state and will prolong the conflict, deepen Israel's international isolation, and increase its economic burdens.

The report highlighted that most of the new settlements were established deep within the West Bank, reinforcing Israeli control over large areas of Palestinian land and undermining the prospects for achieving a political settlement based on the two-state solution.