Israeli rights group Peace Now says authorities approved the money for what they’re calling “farm outposts”.
“Although pressure is mounting on Israel to prevent violence by settlers, and there is a risk of the evolvement of a third front in the West Bank, the government sees fit to persist in supporting farms, from which many of the violent attacks of settlers against Palestinians are coming,” Peace Now said.
On November 19, 2021, the previous Benjamin Netanyahu government allocated 20 million shekels ($5.5m) annually for 2022, 2023 and 2024 to support “volunteer groups operating in rural settlements engaging in significant agricultural activity in areas of national priority”.
