Extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bizalil Sottic said that he will approve plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank – a step he said would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The so -called E1 project was frozen between Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement for decades amid fierce opposition at the international level. The construction there would actually be discontinued from the West Bank of occupied East Jerusalem and greatly obstructing its regional condoms.
“The plan will bury the idea of the Palestinian state,” Sottic said, according to the Israeli media.
The settlements are illegal under international law, although Israel is opposed to this.
It is one of the most controversial issues between Israel and the Palestinians. About 700,000 settlers live in about 160 settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli Peace Group against settlement now – the Palestinians are seeking lands to an independent independent state.
“After decades of international pressure and freezing, we destroy the agreements and connect a financial money to Jerusalem,” said Smotrich.
“This is Zionism at its best – building, leveling and strengthening our sovereignty in the land of Israel.”
This is followed by advertisements in recent days by an increasing number of countries that are intended to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months, which Israel has denounced.
Announcing the plan at a press conference with the settlement organization Israel Gans, the mayor of Maayal Adium Jay Jay Yafrash, Smotrich said that the land had given it to the Jews.
When I was asked from the BBC about the message that was sent to the likes of Britain and France, which is planning Learn about the situation of Palestine later this yearHe said, “This will not happen. There will be no state that must be recognized.”
He said peace now: “The Netanyahu government exploits every minute to deepen the inclusion of the West Bank and prevent the possibility of a two -state solution.
“It is clear to everyone today that the only solution to the conflict, and the only way to defeat Hamas, is by establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
“The government of Israel condemns us to the continued bloodshed, instead of working to end it.”
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the new settlement plan as “an extension of genocide, displacement and annexation crimes.”
Israel has long rejected these accusations, but the Israeli human rights organizations that have argued that the country’s behavior in the war in Gaza It constitutes the genocide against the Palestinian population.
Smotrich, along with National Security Minister Itamar Bin Ghaffir, The United Kingdom was approved in June “Repeated incitement to violence against Palestinian societies” in the occupied West Bank.
The construction of 3401 housing units is frozen in the E1 area for 20 years. The development of the region has been seen for a long time as it effectively prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state, due to its strategic position that separates the areas south of Jerusalem from that to north, which prevents a adjacent Palestinian urban area linking Ramallah, East Jerusalem and Bathleem.
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel’s pressure on the West Bank has increased sharply, justifying as legitimate security measures.
The vast majority of the international community is illegal settlements under international law – a position supported by an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year.
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2025-08-14 10:52:00
