00:01From a settler on horseback chasing a Palestinian woman in Masafer Yata, south of Hebron,
00:08to members of the Knesset storming a school in the town of Acreba, east of Nablus,
00:14to the seizure of a house under construction and the raising of the Israeli flag above it,
00:20scattered scenes that together paint a new reality taking shape in the West Bank.
00:26These attacks are no longer isolated incidents.
00:30Their pace has sharply intensified since the Israeli government approved a land ownership settlement plan in the West Bank,
00:39a move that allows vast areas to be officially registered under Israeli ownership,
00:44opening the door to transferring them to settlers and formally expanding settlements.
00:51Israeli measures continue to roll out to cement control on the ground,
00:55from expanding demolitions and surveillance to include areas A and B,
01:02which fall under Palestinian authority jurisdiction,
01:05to transferring planning and construction powers to a unit within the Israeli military,
01:11steps analysts see as laying the groundwork for imposing full sovereignty over the territory.
01:17Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority views these actions as de facto annexation of occupied land,
01:25describing them as a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of international law,
01:31warning that they undermine what remains of any political horizon and place
01:36the future of the two-state solution in serious jeopardy.
01:42the Palestinian Authority
01:45of the United States
01:45of the United States
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