Israel will build 22 new settlements in the West Bank including some along its eastern border with Jordan, a development the nation’s defense minister said would “strengthen its grip on the territory” and “prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Community-built tech solutions are helping Palestinians navigate blockades and risks in the Israel-occupied territory.

The U.K. government said on Tuesday that it is suspending free trade talks with Israel and imposing sanctions on some settlements in the occupied West Bank over Israel’s recent escalation in Gaza — an announcement being slammed by pro-Palestine advocates as “grotesquely inadequate.”

Allies and human rights groups slammed the move as a provocation and violation that pushes Palestinian statehood further away from becoming reality.