US EditionNew Israeli West Bank settlements dim prospects of Palestinian state
Israeli officials plan to expand settlements with 3,400 new homes in the E1 area, while over 40 Western countries recognize Palestinian statehood, complicating peace prospects.
- On Monday, a majority of European powers recognised a Palestinian state at the UN, following declarations by France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta after Britain, Australia, Canada and Portugal did so a day earlier.
- Israel has launched a major settlement push including the E1 project near Jerusalem to build 3,400 homes, adding to about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since 1967.
- Jenin's mayor Mohammed Jarrar said around 40% of Jenin, occupied West Bank, is now a military area and about a quarter of residents are displaced, with hundreds of checkpoints causing disruption.
- On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, reiterated opposition to a Palestinian state while far-right ministers, including Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, pushed to annex 82% of the West Bank.
- Many Palestinians say recognition alone is insufficient, while UN estimates show 92% of housing units damaged, and reconstruction costs more than 3.3 million.
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About 100 people gathered in the central square of Ramallah to celebrate.
Palestinians rally in West Bank to celebrate statehood backing
Crowds of people rallied in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of president Mahmoud Abbas to celebrate the wave of recognition by Western powers of a Palestinian state. Nationalist slogans blared from loudspeakers across the central square in the city of Ramallah, where a crowd of more than 100 clutched Palestinian and European flags alongside signs reading "stop the genocide". High-ranking officials from Abbas's…
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank celebrated Tuesday the decision by a number of Western countries to recognize the state of Palestine...
Hundreds of people gathered on Tuesday in several occupied West Bank cities to celebrate the wave of recognition of the State of Palestine, waving the flags of the countries concerned, in a mixture of joy and bitterness.
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