evidence: In the West Bank, the majority of the settlement plans advanced were located deep into the West Bank. Israeli settlers also established 26 outposts the most outposts advanced in a year since 1991 and the government advanced the "legalisation" of 15 "outposts". [2] Israeli authorities also advanced a number of renewable energy sites in Area C, a serious development that undermines Palestinian development opportunities in Area C and add s to the permanency of the Israeli occupation. Another development of concern was the introduction of a "settlement administration" within the Ministry of Defense but under the authority of Finance Minister Smotrich (but in his capacity as a Minister within the MOD) Civil society organisations and legal experts argued that this add ed a layer of civilian oversight to the oPt that would be in contradiction to IHL where the temporary nature of the administration that serves the interest of the occupied population is supposed to be conducted by the military separate from the civilian administration of the occupying country This they argued would be blurring the line towards annexation. [...] [2] All settlements in occupied territory are regarded as illegal according to international humanitarian law while outposts are considered illegal according to Israeli law too, until they have gone through a process of legalization.