The land registration process will apply to Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under complete Israeli control. The Israeli government has approved a plan to begin land registration in the occupied West Bank, meaning it will be able to seize land from Palestinians who cannot prove ownership. For the first time since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank in 1967, it will register such land as property of the state – also known as settlement of land title – in Area C of the occupied West Bank. Area C is the part of the West Bank that remains under direct Israeli control. It covers about 60 percent of the West Bank. According to Israeli media, Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, who submitted the proposal to restart land registration with Minister of Justice Yariv Levin an...