The Zaytouna Center for Studies and Consultations issued a research paper titled "The Settler State" in the West Bank: From a Settlement Project to a Parallel Entity, prepared by researcher Thamer Abdul Ghani Sba'na, which discussed the qualitative transformation that Israeli settlements have undergone since 1967.
They are no longer scattered population centers; rather, they have gradually developed into a cohesive entity that possesses economic and security institutions and councils representing political interests, operating almost independently (as it appears) from the authority of the "Israeli state" within the West Bank, while receiving direct support from successive Israeli governments.
The paper indicated that this transformation is no longer just a challenge for Palestinians in their struggle for land and identity, but has become a direct threat to any possibility of achieving a just political settlement.
Confronting the "Settler State" requires a comprehensive Palestinian, Arab, and international vision.
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A scientific paper from the Zaytouna Center warns: The rise of the "settler state" undermines any settlement.