Switzerland ‘strongly’ condemns new Israeli measures on occupied West Bank
Israeli settlement activities are illegal under international law, undermine 2-state solution, says Swiss Foreign Ministry
Israeli soldiers stand by as Israeli construction vehicles destroy agricultural lands and uproot centuries-old olive trees in the village of Karyut, south of the city of Nablus, West Bank on December 08, 2025
GENEVA
Switzerland on Tuesday “strongly” condemned measures recently approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet concerning the occupied West Bank.
On US social media platform X, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Switzerland “strongly condemns the measures approved on 8 February 2026 by the Israeli Security Cabinet concerning the occupied West Bank.”
Israeli “settlement activities are illegal under international law,” it said.
It added that the new measures “undermine the two-state solution,” which it said requires “two states living in peace and security within secure and recognized frontiers based on the pre-1967 borders.”
According to media reports, the decisions include repealing a law barring the sale of Palestinian land to Jews in the West Bank, unsealing land ownership records, and transferring building permit authority in a Hebron settlement bloc from the Palestinian municipality to Israel’s civil administration.
The measures would also allow demolitions and seizures of Palestinian property even in areas administered civilly and security-wise by the Palestinian Authority.
