US EditionIsrael PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
The $1 billion E1 project will add 3,400 homes, potentially housing 15,000 settlers and dividing the West Bank, undermining the possibility of a Palestinian state, officials say.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, "there will be no Palestinian state," emphasizing that the region belongs to Israel, amid rising global recognition of Palestinian statehood.
- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed that the settlement construction plan in E1 aims to "bury the idea of a Palestinian state."
- The UAE warned that annexing parts of the occupied West Bank would be a "red line" and undermine the Abraham Accords, according to Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs.
- Israel's proposal to annex parts of the West Bank comes despite the UAE's normalization of relations with Israel in 2020, highlighting rising tensions in the region.
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Israel approved last month a project to build 3,400 housing units in the West Bank that should cut this Palestinian territory into two, undermining the territorial continuity of a possible Palestinian State.
The plan for an open area east of Jerusalem has been under review for more than two decades, and it has been frozen during previous governments under pressure from the United States, making the settlement more difficult for a possible future Palestinian state.
The Israeli Prime Minister said there would be no Palestinian state at a signing ceremony for a settlement project in the West Bank.
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows there will be no Palestinian state: This place is ours
Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a Palestinian state while signing an agreement to advance the contentious E1 settlement project, which would divide the occupied West Bank and expand housing in Maale Adumim.
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