May 29, 2025: The head of the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Minister Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, stated that the occupying state’s decision to transform 22 sites and colonial outposts into full colonies not only places it in confrontation with the Palestinian people but also with the entire international community, which condemns settler-colonialism and refuses to recognize or concede to what the occupying state is trying to impose on the ground. Mr. Sha’ban affirmed that the new measure announced by the occupation's cabinet would further entrench settler-colonialism in the Palestinian territories, aiming to tighten control over Palestinian geography and impose yet another layer of apartheid through granting colonizers full privileges at the expense of the Indigenous landowners.
Mr. Sha’ban explained that the newly designated colonial sites include four located in Ramallah Governorate, another four in Jenin Governorate, four in Hebron Governorate, two in Nablus Governorate, one in Salfit Governorate, three in Jericho, three in the Jordan Valley, and the last one on the lands of occupied Jerusalem.