The Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission reported that Israeli planning authorities advanced 100 colonial plans covering 12,300 units across the occupied West Bank between January 1 and September 13, 2026.
The commission, a Palestinian governmental body that monitors Israeli colonization and related violations, published the figures in its latest planning update.
In occupied Jerusalem, monitoring data documented 53 additional colonial plans for 5,783 units within the boundaries claimed by the Israeli municipality.
These figures indicate continued expansion of illegal colonies and ongoing planning for thousands of additional units.
In a statement issued Sunday, the commission said 12 residential colonial plans advanced during September. Four were officially published and cover 670 units: 494 were submitted for deposit procedures, while 176 received final approval.
The commission added that minutes from a Planning Committee session held on September 9 recorded eight additional plans covering 1,670 new colonial units.
Of these, 1,105 units were advanced for deposit procedures, while 565 units were granted final approval. The plans extend across a total area of 1,761 dunams of occupied Palestinian land.
The commission further reported that studies covering 749 colonial units were allocated during September to consolidate and legalize colonial sites, including Amihai, Adei Ad, Ein Yitav, and Maoz Tzvi.
In addition, 464 units were designated for the legalization of the Harasha colonial outpost through the Talmon colonial plan.
According to the commission, the figures show that Israeli authorities are accelerating colonial expansion across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem by advancing new construction, approving plans, consolidating existing colonies, and legalizing colonial outposts.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits collective punishment and acts of terror against civilian populations.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.
Articles 53 and 147, prohibit the destruction of civilian property and classify pillage as a war crime.
