The Israeli NGO Peace Now has released a report recording an “unprecedented” increase in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank since October 7. The report records nine “settlement outposts” and 18 new roads for settlers since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza. The West Bank, under Israeli military occupation since 1967, has also seen a sharp rise in violent raids and incidents against Palestinians since October 7. Peace Now report said that the violence by settlers was aimed at “marginalising Palestinians”. Currently, about three million Palestinians live in the West Bank, alongside …