The approval was granted by the High Planning Council, which operates under the regime’s Civil Administration overseeing occupied Palestinian territory.

According to Channel 7, the decision clears the way for illegal settlers to return to Sa-Nur, reversing its evacuation in 2005.

Sa-Nur was dismantled as part of the Israeli regime’s unilateral disengagement plan under then–Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, which involved the removal of settlements and military installations from the Gaza Strip and four outposts in the northern West Bank.

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted in March 2024 to repeal the disengagement law by passing legislation known as the “Cancellation of the Disengagement Law.”

Channel 7 reported that the newly approved construction plan is expected to take effect within around two months.

Meanwhile, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Dec. 23 ordered the High Planning Council to convene to discuss approving the 126 units.

At the time, the public broadcaster KAN quoted Smotrich as saying the move corrects what he described as a “historic injustice” and advances the Zionist vision “on the ground.”

Separately, Palestinian authorities have long urged the international community to pressure the Israeli regime to halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, which the United Nations considers illegal under international law.

Since the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war on Gaza in 2023, Palestinian officials say measures aimed at entrenching control and annexation across the West Bank have intensified.

These actions have included home demolitions, forced displacement and accelerated settlement construction, according to Palestinian officials.

The Israeli escalation across the West Bank, including East Al-Quds, has killed at least 1,104 Palestinians and wounded around 11,000 others. It has also led to the arrest of more than 21,000 Palestinians, Palestinian sources say.

Analysts and Palestinian officials warn that any formal annexation of the West Bank by the Israeli regime would effectively extinguish the prospects for a two-state solution.

That framework has been endorsed in multiple United Nations resolutions addressing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.