Israel’s Smotrich Seeks E1 Settlement Expansion in the West Bank

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Burn the dreams of the Palestinian state

Israeli Finance Minister Bizalil Sottic announced on Wednesday that he intends to agree to build more than 3,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank as part of the controversial E1 settlement project. The plan will cut one of the last geographical ties between the cities of Ramallah and Beit in the main West Bank, in addition to dividing the West Bank from East Jerusalem-a step that hops Smotrich to extinguish a renewed diplomatic batch to secure a solution from the two countries and establish a viable Palestinian state.

Welcome again to World Brief, where we are looking for growth Israeli Settlements in West BankThe next Trump Putin The summit in Alaska, and we Campaign MexicoCartes.

Burn the dreams of the Palestinian state

Israeli Finance Minister Bizalil Sottic announced on Wednesday that he intends to agree to build more than 3,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank as part of the controversial E1 settlement project. The plan will cut one of the last geographical ties between the cities of Ramallah and Beit in the main West Bank, in addition to dividing the West Bank from East Jerusalem-a step that hops Smotrich to extinguish a renewed diplomatic batch to secure a solution from the two countries and establish a viable Palestinian state.

“They will talk about a Palestinian dream, and we will continue to build a Jewish truth,” Sottic said on Thursday in a speech on the planned settlement site. “This reality is what will permanently bury the idea of the Palestinian state, because there is nothing that must be recognized and no one is recognized.” Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom recently announced that they are planning to recognize an independent Palestinian state in the United Nations General Assembly in September, in response to the Israeli war in Gaza and the destructive humanitarian crisis. “Today, anyone in the world who is trying to recognize the Palestinian state will receive an answer from us on the ground,” Sotrish said.

For years, foreign pressure against the E1 plan, including the United States, stopped building it. But US President Donald Trump’s policies are the most betting on Israeli settlements in the West Bank reflected contracts of condemnation. Santrich said that Trump and Mike Hakapi, the American ambassador to Israel, said “real friends of Israel as we have not faced before.”

“The stable West Bank keeps Israel safe and is in line with the goal of this administration to achieve peace in the region.” The spokesperson for reporters referred to the government of Israel to obtain more information, adding that Washington is still focused mainly on ending the war in Gaza.

The final approval of the E1 is expected to pass on August 20, with the start of infrastructure work in the next few months and the construction of the house starting in almost a year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not comment on the initial clip of politics.

Ahmed Dyek, political advisor to the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, told Associated Press that E1 approval is “a colonial, expanded and racist step.” “It falls within the framework of the Israeli government’s extremist plans to undermine any possibility to establish a Palestinian state on the ground, retail the West Bank, and separate the southern part from the center and the north.”

Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem are violations of international law, which is the International Court of Justice that was ruled last July, adding that this form of the occupation “led to violence by settlers and security forces against the Palestinians.” From January to June this year, Israeli settlers carried out more than 750 attacks on the Palestinians and their property, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office. This is average to nearly 130 per month – a record since the United Nations began to collect these reports in 2006.

Many countries have issued sanctions on Sottic and another right -wing Israeli official, National Security Minister Itamar bin Ghafir, to enhance the construction of the settlement and incitement of settlers’ violence. In June, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom imposed a ban on Smotrich and Ben-GVIR and their origins were frozen. On Thursday, British Foreign Secretary David Lami called for immediate stopping.

It is not clear whether Smotrich may face more repercussions on the latest E1 deal. “The E1 plan is deadly for the future of Israel and for any opportunity to achieve a peaceful solution from the two countries.” “We stand on the edge of the abyss, and the government pushes us forward at the utmost speed.”

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