In 2023, settlers established a record number of random settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. Many of them were established after the outbreak of the war on Gaza last October.
Report linked the increase in the establishment of outposts to the presence of extreme right-wing figures in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu served as prime minister in Israel between 1996 and 1999, and then from 2009 to 2021. His current ruling coalition includes extreme nationalist ministers such as Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, both of whom live in the settlements.