- Israel’s cabinet deferred a vote and sent a plan to the security cabinet to allocate 1 billion shekels for West Bank settlement infrastructure — a package pushed by far‑right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- Settlement expansion is widely seen internationally as illegal and a key obstacle to Palestinian statehood; it has coincided with rising settler violence and critics say the move aims to "set facts on the ground" ahead of upcoming elections.
- At the same time the cabinet approved 4 billion shekels for regional development (including Arab-majority towns like Nazareth) and 180 million for new neighborhoods in Israel’s south.
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