Complex sentence: However, the Israeli annexation of the villages made them subject to laws that had the sole purpose of stripping them of their land so that the land could then be given to Jewish settlements, and to eliminate the possibility of return.
Split into simpler sentences: However, the Israeli annexation of the villages made them subject to laws that had the sole purpose of stripping them of their land. This so that the land could be given to Jewish settlements, and to eliminate to possibility of return.