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" is an "illegal" (as set by the UN but not by Israel I assume)"

They are considered illegal by US, Canada, UK, EU, and most other nations. China generally supports the notion that this is occupied territory and generally votes in this direction the UN.

So this is not one of those 'North Korea, Syria and Somalia have taken control of some UN working group' type of scenario, nor is there really any lack of international solidarity, at least academically on the issue.

Obviously it's complicated, but there's pretty much a consensus on the de-facto illegality of the settlements.