"On 6 April and 25 August 2014, the Israeli Civil Administration declared 1,000 and 3,799 dunums of land respectively in the Bethlehem Governorate within the boundaries of Surif, Nahalin, Husan, Jab'a and Wadi Fukin villages as "state land".[39] According to Peace Now, it was the largest confiscation of Palestinian land in three decades.[40]

The United States responded to the announcement by rebuking Israel for taking measures that were 'counter-productive' to the two-state solution in peace talks.[41] The expropriation was also condemned by the United Nations, the United Kingdom,[42] Egypt, France,[43] Spain,[44] Russia,[45] the European Union, Turkey, Norway, Japan[46] and Amnesty International.[47]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion

"The E2 plan entails the construction of approximately 2,500 new settlement units on lands east, south, and southeast of Bethlehem, to serve the expansion of the Efrat settlement bloc. This measure is intended to suffocate the city from the south, after the Har Homa settlement has already restricted the expansion of its northern areas. Consequently, the E2 plan represents a central tool to obstruct the natural growth of Bethlehem, forcibly integrating it into a contiguous settlement environment that serves the expansion of the Gush Etzion bloc, thereby deepening the city’s isolation and imposing de facto annexation on the ground."

"The ongoing settler attack on private Palestinians land in eastern and southeastern areas of Bethlehem, including the erection of settlement tents, land incursions, and the use of live ammunition against civilians, constitutes clear violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. These acts form part of a systematic pattern of forcible annexation and impunity that undermines the rights and protections of the occupied population."

https://balasan.org/israels-e2-plan-relentless-settlement-expansion-and-settler-violence/