Israeli Minister of Construction Yitzhak Goldknopf announced the beginning of planning for the establishment of 13 settlement cities in the occupied West Bank over the next 25 years.

According to the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, the plan also includes the development of five industrial zones.

The goal of the plan is to build 180,000 settlement units, aiming to increase the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank to one million by the year 2050.