US EditionIsrael PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
The nearly $1 billion E1 project plans 3,400 new homes, risking to sever East Jerusalem from the West Bank and end prospects for a Palestinian state, sparking global condemnation.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement to advance the E1 settlement expansion plan, adding 3,412 housing units between East Jerusalem and Maale Adumim.
- The E1 project faced international criticism from countries, including Canada, which linked its advancement to recognizing a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.
- UN Chief Antonio Guterres condemned the settlement, stating it would 'effectively cleave the West Bank in two' and threaten a peaceful two-state solution.
- Netanyahu stated, 'There will never be a Palestinian state,' emphasizing the project's commitment to expand Israeli settlements.
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Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan, rules out Palestinian state
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement on Thursday to push ahead with a controversial settlement expansion plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state. "There will never be a Palestinian state. This place is ours," Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale…
The Israeli Prime Minister was participating in a signing ceremony for the expansion of the settlement of Maalé Adumim, which would cut the West Bank into two and jeopardize the creation of a Palestinian state.
The E1 plan for the construction of 3,400 settler homes, which will bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, was approved last month by the Israeli government.
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