According to Al Jazeera, Israel's Civil Administration's "Blue Line Team" is redrawing land boundaries in the West Bank, reclassifying Palestinian land as "state land" to accelerate illegal settlement expansion. The team recently re-demarcated nearly 0.2 square kilometers (49 acres) of land for settlement activities and, in recent weeks, confiscated approximately 14 square kilometers (3,500 acres) of Palestinian land through two military orders. The United Nations stated that these revisions effectively expand the boundaries of what Israel considers "state land," while reports from a Palestine Liberation Organization-affiliated body indicate that the team's work accelerated in 2026, evolving from a technical mechanism into a tool to expedite settlement expansion.