US EditionIsrael Approves Controversial West Bank Settlement Plan
The Israeli planning committee approved nearly 3,500 apartments in Maale Adumim's E1 area, an expansion criticized for hindering a two-state solution, officials said.
- On Wednesday, an Israeli planning committee approved a plan allowing nearly 3,500 new apartments to expand Maale Adumim into the E1 area east of Jerusalem.
- Bezalel Smotrich announced the plan last week, framing Wednesday's approval as a rebuke to Western countries amid criticism over Palestinian state recognition after October 7, 2023 attacks.
- The UN and Palestinian rights groups warned the plan, covering only 12 square kilometers, would divide Palestinian territory and undermine a two-state solution.
- International reactions included strong legal objections as the United Nations spokesperson said `The settlement construction violates international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions,` complicating a two-state solution; Johann Wadephul, German Foreign Minister, warned Wednesday such plans would breach international law and endanger peace efforts.
- Analysts warn the plan fractures the West Bank; Aviv Tatarsky of Ir Amim said the plan would make a Palestinian state `not possible.
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"Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, violate international law and go directly against United Nations resolutions," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday.
Israel approves "controversial" (ILLEGAL) West Bank settlement plan
The plan aims to enlarge an Israeli settlement by building thousands of new apartments in the West Bank. Critics say this would essentially split the Palestinian territory and make any two-state solution untenable. An Israeli planning committee on Wednesday gave final approval to a controversial plan allowing new settlements in the occupied West Bank. The plan calls for development in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, known as E1. Israel'…
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Israel approves vast West Bank settlement plan that far-right minister said ‘practically erases the two-state delusion’
(JTA) — Israel has approved a long-delayed settlement project that would build 3,400 housing units for Jews in the West Bank, in a move that both its backers and its many critics say would undercut Palestinian ambitions to control the region. The E1 project would expand Jewish settlements on a stretch of land east of Jerusalem, effectively bisecting the West Bank and limiting Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem from growing, Proposed decades …
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