The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering “defining” settlements as a violation of international law, in light of the escalation of calls in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for settlement in the Gaza Strip, or the displacement of its people, according to what was reported by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (“Kan 11”). ), Sunday evening.

In 2019, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abolished the policy followed by Washington, known as the “Hansel Document,” which determined for 40 years that the settlements were in violation of international law, as far as the United States was concerned. The broadcasting corporation noted that the US administration is currently looking into how to “reverse its decision (the decision taken in 2019).”

Kan 11 quoted an American source as saying, “The United States does not support the Israeli occupation of areas in Gaza, or the establishment of new settlements in the Gaza Strip.”

She noted that the US State Department “did not deny” this, and said in its response that “the expansion of settlements harms the two-state solution, causes tensions, and harms trust between the two sides.”

A press report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that extremist settler leaders in the West Bank were preparing a plan to return to settlement in the Gaza Strip. The plan was initiated by the head of the "Nihala" settlement movement, Daniela Weiss, who is leading the process of establishing random settlement outposts in the West Bank, along with the head of the "Samaria Council" of settlements in the northern West Bank, Yossi Dagan. The settlement plan in the Gaza Strip is being implemented by seeking to gain the support of parties and external parties for this plan, in addition to recruiting Israeli public opinion, and monitoring families who agree to move to settlement in the Strip.

In the meantime, before the end of the war on Gaza, the "Nahala" movement seeks to "normalize" the presence of settlements again in the Gaza Strip in Israeli public opinion. “While Dagan talks about settlement in the northern Gaza Strip only, Weiss stresses settlement in the entire Gaza Strip,” according to the newspaper.

The plan stipulates not transferring settlers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, but rather transferring residents from all parts of Israel, especially from its south, to settle in the Gaza Strip. To this end, meetings were held in Ashdod and Sderot, which included sailing boats off the shores of the Gaza Strip. Vice held "home circles" in a hotel in Jerusalem for residents evacuated from Sderot, at the beginning of the current war.

According to the plan, “the settlement cores are practically what bring this vision into effect. They must be prepared for the day of implementation and their members must arrive carrying their equipment and equipment to settle in the settlement points. A partisan, security or political event can push these families. Historical experience indicates that These things happen quickly, and sometimes very quickly, as happened in the case of the random settlement outpost of Eviatar,” according to the newspaper.

The Washington Post reported on Sunday that “Biden and his senior aides are closer to breaking with Netanyahu than at any time since the start of the war on Gaza.”

The newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying, “The Biden administration no longer views Netanyahu as a partner who can be influenced, even in secret.”