{"id":15693,"date":"2026-02-12T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/communiques\/%f0%9f%94%b4press-release-holy-land-a-new-step-in-the-state-of-israels-annexation-of-the-west-bank\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:56","slug":"%f0%9f%94%b4press-release-holy-land-a-new-step-in-the-state-of-israels-annexation-of-the-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"communique","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/communiques\/%f0%9f%94%b4press-release-holy-land-a-new-step-in-the-state-of-israels-annexation-of-the-west-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd34Press Release: Holy Land \u2013 A New Step in the State of Israel\u2019s Annexation of the West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paris \u2013 February 11, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 8, the Israeli government took another step toward the de facto annexation of the West Bank by extending its control to areas<br> previously administered by the Palestinian Authority.<br> These decisions undermine the Oslo Accords and the prospect of a two-state solution.<br> Under the guise of administrative and property rights, and through land reform that facilitates the expansion of settlements, this policy further fragments Palestinian territory.<br> According to Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, settlement activity reached its highest level since 2017 in 2025. More than 500,000 settlers now live among three million Palestinians, amid violence, forced displacement, and destruction.<br> The Christian presence in the Holy Land continues to decline in the face of these increasingly untenable conditions.<br> Alongside local communities, L\u2019\u0152uvre d\u2019Orient reaffirms its commitment to a just, lasting peace grounded in the rule of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-15693","communique","type-communique","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd34Press Release: Holy Land \u2013 A New Step in the State of Israel\u2019s Annexation of the West Bank - \u0152uvre d&#039;orient<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/communiques\/\ud83d\udd34press-release-holy-land-a-new-step-in-the-state-of-israels-annexation-of-the-west-bank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udd34Press Release: Holy Land \u2013 A New Step in the State of Israel\u2019s Annexation of the West Bank - \u0152uvre d&#039;orient\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paris \u2013 February 11, 2026 On February 8, the Israeli government took another step toward the de facto annexation of the West Bank by extending its control to areas previously administered by the Palestinian Authority. 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