Israel's government has accelerated settlement construction and administrative measures in the West Bank, including recent tenders for over 3,400 housing units in the E1 area and renewed land registration processes that critics describe as steps toward de facto annexation by designating large tracts as state land. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other coalition figures have advanced plans to expand Israeli control over Area C, with the High Planning Council approving thousands of additional units and outposts in 2026. A parliamentary election scheduled for late October could influence the pace, as could court rulings temporarily freezing parts of the land registration tender. International statements, including from the UN, have urged an end to such moves, while U.S. positions have historically constrained formal sovereignty declarations. These developments shape trader assessments of whether any formal annexation occurs within the market's timeframe.