Palestine called an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League to discuss Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip and settlement expansion in the West Bank.

 “The meeting will be held at the level of permanent delegates this week to discuss confronting the Israeli crimes of genocide and colonial expansion in the West Bank,” Palestinian delegate Mohannad al-Aklouk told the official news agency Wafa.

On Thursday, the Israeli cabinet approved steps proposed by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to "legalize" settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and impose sanctions on the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority.

International law regards both the West Bank and East Jerusalem (al-Quds) as occupied territories and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity there illegal.