Jordan’s foreign ministry described the decisions as “illegal,” a “blatant violation of international law” and an assault on Palestinians’ right to an independent state.

The ministry said it “strongly condemns the illegal Israeli decisions and measures adopted to impose unlawful Israeli sovereignty, entrench settlement activity, and impose a new legal and administrative reality in the occupied West Bank.”

It added the measures constitute “a flagrant breach of international law, an undermining of the two-state solution, and an attack on the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent, sovereign state on the June 4, 1967 lines with occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital,” stressing Israel has “no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian land.”

Jordan also warned that policies of Israel’s far-right cabinet risk fueling instability and urged international action to halt the dangerous escalation.

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported the cabinet decisions include repealing a law barring the sale of Palestinian land to Jews in the West Bank, opening land ownership records and shifting building permit authority in a Hebron (al-Khalil) settlement bloc from a Palestinian municipality to Israel’s civil administration.

The measures also expand Israeli oversight into Areas A and B of the West Bank, potentially enabling demolitions and property seizures even in zones administered by the Palestinian Authority.

Under the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Area A falls under full Palestinian civil and security control, Area B under Palestinian civil control with Israeli security authority, while Area C — about 60% of the West Bank — remains under full Israeli control.

Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said planning authority around the Ibrahimi Mosque and other religious sites in Hebron would also shift to Israel’s civil administration, contrary to arrangements under the 1997 Hebron Protocol.

Separately, Palestinian officials said the steps reflect broader annexation plans by the Israeli regime.

Rawhi Fattouh, chairman of the Palestinian National Council, called the measures “racist and dangerous,” saying they signal continued efforts to impose new “colonial realities” and undermine existing agreements.

He said the decisions represent an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s “colonial liquidation policy” and warned that transferring licensing authority in Hebron could amount to de facto annexation.

Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh likewise warned the moves could void past agreements and heighten instability.

“What is being circulated about impending Israeli decisions to deepen annexation and impose new realities in the West Bank, including in Area A, constitutes a nullification of all signed and binding agreements between the parties and represents a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of international law,” he said.

“These unilateral measures aim to undermine any political horizon, dismantle the two-state solution, and drag the region into further tension and instability,” he added, urging immediate international intervention to stop what he called “occupation-driven aggression.”

More broadly, Palestinian agencies report continued demolitions of Palestinian homes citing permit issues, which Palestinians say stem from restrictive approval policies.

According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israel carried out 538 demolitions in 2025 affecting about 1,400 homes and structures, a sharp rise from previous years.

The United Nations has long said Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law and undermine prospects for a two-state solution, repeatedly calling for an end to settlement expansion.