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Israeli Security Cabinet Approves New Rules to Tighten Control Over Occupied West Bank

HeadlineFeb 09, 2026

Israel’s security cabinet has approved new rules to tighten Israeli control over the occupied West Bank. The rules will make it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land in the occupied West Bank, and give Israeli officials stronger powers to enforce laws on Palestinians in the area.

Meanwhile, a new report by The Intercept has uncovered the Pentagon’s $210 million deal to buy advanced cluster munitions from an Israeli weapons manufacturer. The U.S. will pay the Israeli company Tomer over a period of three years to produce new 155-millimeter shells containing smaller submunitions. The Cluster Munition Monitor has recorded nearly 25,000 cluster munition injuries and deaths since the 1960s, the vast majority from unexploded remnants.

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