Security cabinet approved legalisation of 30+ West Bank outposts in March 2026 without public announcement, CNN reports; Katz says he is advancing 140 farm outposts
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CNN reported that Israel's security cabinet approved on 25 March 2026 the legalisation of more than 30 outposts and farms, including water and electricity infrastructure, and that the decision was kept quiet, according to its sources, to avoid international criticism; Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not respond to CNN. Separately, the Times of Israel reported Katz said he and Netanyahu were working to legalise about 140 unauthorised farming outposts, which he described as weakening Palestinian efforts to establish themselves in the area. Human Rights Watch counts 160 outposts retroactively legalised under domestic law under the current government.
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