US EditionUN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law
- Far-Right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans to build 3,401 homes in a long-delayed settlement in the West Bank near East Jerusalem.
- This announcement comes amid a surge in settlement construction following the Hamas assault on Israel in 2023 and marks the renewal of the disputed E1 development project previously agreed upon by Netanyahu and Trump.
- The settlement would effectively fragment Palestinian territory, cut the West Bank off from East Jerusalem, and undermine prospects for a two-state solution, according to Palestinian groups and Israeli rights organizations.
- The UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated that settlements violate international law, entrench occupation, and would end chances of a peaceful two-state resolution, while EU and Palestinian officials condemned the plan as illegal.
- The move risks international isolation for Israel amid Western allies imposing sanctions on Smotrich for inciting violence and conditionally recognizing a Palestinian state pending Israeli ceasefire agreement.
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The planned 3,400 housing units would extend the Israeli settlement of Maalé Adumim to East Jerusalem, making any territorial continuity of any Palestinian state impossible.
The U.S. under Biden strongly warned against the expansion of a large settlement near Jerusalem. Now Israel resumes the project. The Palestinians are threatened with further dismemberment of their settlement area.
UN Human Rights Office Says Israeli Plan for Settlement Near East Jerusalem Breaks Int'l Law
The UN human rights office said on Friday an Israeli plan to build to build thousands of new homes between an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and near East Jerusalem was illegal under international law, and would put nearby Palestinians at risk of forced eviction, which it described as a war crime. Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday vowed to press on a long-delayed settlement project, saying the move would "bury…
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