US EditionIsrael approves settlement project that could divide West Bank
The E1 project includes 3,400 new homes and aims to expand settlements, potentially dividing the West Bank and complicating prospects for a contiguous Palestinian state, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Israeli authorities granted final approval for a large-scale settlement plan to build approximately 3,500 homes in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, located in the occupied West Bank.
- The plan follows long-standing Israeli ambitions to develop E1, a sensitive tract that critics say would divide the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem.
- Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, known for his settler advocacy and cabinet role, characterized the approval of new settlements as a deliberate strategy to undermine efforts by Western nations to recognize Palestinian statehood.
- Since October 2023, violence in the West Bank has resulted in the deaths of at least 971 Palestinians, according to health ministry data, with casualties including militants; during the same timeframe, 36 Israelis, among them security personnel, have been killed in attacks by Palestinians or Israeli military actions.
- The Palestinian Authority and international officials warn that the project threatens the two-state solution by fragmenting Palestinian territories and undermining future state viability.
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Israel has approved a settlement project that could divide the West Bank – Knowhere News
Israel’s Tel Aviv A contentious settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would essentially divide the region in two was approved by Israel on Wednesday. Palestinians and rights organizations warn the proposal could dash aspirations for a future Palestinian state. E1, an open area east of Jerusalem, has been considering settlement development for more than 20 years, but prior administrations’ pressure from the United States prevented it …
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Israel approves E1 West Bank settlements as Gaza City invasion begins
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Israel’s occupation is intensifying across Palestine with the assault on Gaza City underway and the recently approved E1 settlement expansion plan in the West Bank. Israel’s Higher Planning Committee approved the E1 settlement plan on Wednesday. The E1 project is a highly controversial Israeli settlement plan that would link the Maale Adumim bloc in […]
The Israeli government has approved the plan to build a settlement called E1, a major project of 3,400 housing units that is likely to divide the West Bank into two parts, the north and the south. Reporting in one of the threatened communities.
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