Benjamin Netanyahu's government will advance new laws and provide additional funding for strengthening Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

Israel's far-right government will move to recognize several settler outposts, making them eligible for funding, infrastructure, and education, according to Haaretz.

Many settlements in and around Jerusalem, as well as some areas in the West Bank, will be eligible to submit requests for recognition – while some others will receive status as part of neighborhoods of pre-existing settlements.

Another Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, also reported that around one billion shekels ($2.6 billion) will be transferred to the settlements and outposts in Area C.

According to the report, 672 million shekels for these funds will be taken directly from the 2023-2024 annual state budget. 

The move is being spearheaded by the settlement minister Orit Strook, who announced the allocation of a third of the amount from her office's budget. The aim of the project is to prevent the "Palestinian takeover of Area C" and to prevent "terrorism," she noted. 

The source of the remaining funds has not yet been decided, but will involve a combination of money from the interior and finance ministries, as well as the army.