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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Smotrich said the plan “erases the two-state delusion and consolidates the Jewish people’s hold on the heart of the Land of Israel.” By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Israel has given final approval for the construction of roughly 3,400 housing units in the long-disputed E1 corridor between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, ending a decades-long freeze on building in the strategic area. The decision was announced on Wednesday by the Higher Planning C…
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