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Israel Approves Massive E1 Settlement to Connect Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem
Finance Minister Smotrich approved construction of 3,401 housing units in the E1 area, a move critics say will block Palestinian statehood by dividing the West Bank.
- On August 14, 2025, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced approval for constructing 3,401 housing units in the E1 settlement area east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
- This announcement responds to planned recognition of a Palestinian state by Western countries and follows decades of frozen development amid international opposition.
- The plan aims to connect Maale Adumim settlement to Jerusalem, effectively dividing the West Bank and hindering the viability of a future Palestinian state, sparking widespread condemnation.
- Smotrich warned that any attempt by countries to acknowledge a Palestinian state would be met with a tangible response, stressing that actual developments on the ground, such as new housing and neighborhood expansion, will take precedence over formal declarations or statements.
- Although preliminary steps remain before final approval, construction-related groundwork is expected to start in the coming months; however, opponents caution this decision may extend the conflict and critically undermine the viability of a two-state solution.
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Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Thursday that a new settlement in the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, “finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state.” Smotrich visited the area, near the existing Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, on Thursday and said the new development, known only as E1, would get final approval later this month. He said: “This reality finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state, because there is nothin…
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