Occupation begins construction of "Rehavam" settlement north of the West Bank as part of the advanced 22 plan

Sources revealed that the Israeli occupation government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun establishing a new settlement named "Rehavam" in the northern occupied West Bank. This step comes in implementation of a strategic government decision taken in mid-2025, which stipulates the establishment of 22 new settlements in various areas of the West Bank, to enhance the occupation's demographic and security control.

The name of the new settlement, "Rehavam," carries a right-wing political and ideological significance, as it is believed to be named after the late radical minister "Rehavam Ze'evi," the proponent of the "transfer" (forced displacement) theory. Its location in the northern West Bank aims to:

Dismemberment: Separating Palestinian communities in Nablus, Jenin, and Qalqilya governorates from each other, and preventing any future Palestinian geographical connection.

Suffocating urban expansion: Depriving neighboring Palestinian villages of natural expansion areas in their lands, and turning them into "besieged entities."

The start of construction in the "Rehavam" settlement is part of the "onslaught plan" approved by the Netanyahu government, which includes elements from the far-right. This plan operates on several axes:

Legalizing outposts: Converting settlement outposts established by settlers "illegally" (according to the occupation's own law) into official cities and settlements.

Detailed infrastructure: Connecting these settlements with a massive "bypass" road network, which acts as physical barriers isolating Palestinians in isolated "pockets" resembling "Bantustans."

Settlement experts warn that this escalation represents the "death knell" for the two-state solution. Palestinian forces believe that the establishment of "Rehavam" is part of a comprehensive war targeting land and people, especially with the appointment of religious Zionist officials who directly oversee the implementation of these projects.

These developments come at a time when the world is preoccupied with the consequences of storms in Lebanon and war threats in Iran, which allows the Netanyahu government space to impose a "new reality" on the ground that will be difficult to change through any future political path.