A real estate event in New York promoting property sales in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank drew protests and condemnation from city officials.

Human rights campaigners report a surge in expropriation of Palestinian land, settler attacks, and killings in the occupied West Bank, even as the broader Iran-Israel-US-Lebanon war dominates headlines.

Muslim and European nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Brazil, France, and Denmark, have jointly condemned Israeli attempts at the “unacceptable de facto annexation” of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

Reports indicate that an Israeli expansionist agenda poses a significant threat to Palestinian land and cultural heritage, raising international concerns about displacement and cultural erasure.

A pro-Palestinian protest took place in Manhattan, New York, demonstrating against the sale of Palestinian land at the Park East synagogue, leading to increased security.

Saudi deputy FM: Israeli policies biggest threat to peace, no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian land  Saudi Gazette

Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned Israel’s latest move to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property”, calling on the international community to reject its actions, according to a statement by the Foreign Office (FO). Al Jazeera reported on Sunday that the Israeli government had approved the proposal to claim large areas of the occupied territory as property of the state if Palestinians could not prove ownership, a move which prompted outcry from Palestinian group Hamas, the Palestinian presidency, and political analysts. “Pakistan strongly condemns the latest attempt by the Israeli occupying power to convert areas of the Occupied West Bank into so-called state property, and to expand illegal settlement activities,” the statement said. It pointed out that these steps clearly violated international law and relevant United Nations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, stressing that they “must be rejected” by the international community. “The occupying power’s continued disregard for international law and its provocative actions undermine the prospects for a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in the region,” it added. “Pakistan calls on the international community to take concrete measures to end Israeli impunity, and ensure respect for international law,” the statement said. It once again reaffirmed full support for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and for the establishment of an “independent, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine, based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital”. Most Palestinian land is not formally registered because it is a long, complicated process that Israel stopped in 1967. Regis­tra­tion of land establishes permanent ownership. International law states an occupying power cannot confiscate land in occupied territories. Palestinian group Hamas had condemned the decision on Sunday, calling it an attempt “to steal and Judaise lands in the occupied West Bank by registering them as so-called ‘state lands’”. However, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz described the move as an “essential security and governance measure designed to ensure control, enforcement, and full freedom of action for the state of Israel in the area”, according to the Jerusalem Post.

A major booking site, Booking.com, is reportedly listing Israeli rentals on occupied West Bank land, despite ongoing settler violence, land seizures, and forced displacement of Palestinians.

The far-right Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly using bureaucratic means to solidify its takeover of Palestinian land in the West Bank, effectively pursuing annexation by law.

Newly approved Israeli settlements in the West Bank are reportedly slated for construction on private Palestinian land, according to a map.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing cabinet approved measures making it easier for settlers to seize Palestinian land