Israeli minister announces settlement plans ‘to thwart Palestinian state’
Israel said that the far -right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would approve more than 3,000 houses in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank – he said he would prevent the establishment of the Palestinian state.
The E1 project between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim settlement has been frozen for decades in the midst of the internationally violent opposition. There, the building would effectively cut the West Bank from the occupied East Jerusalem and significantly prevent its regional adjacent.
According to the Israeli media, Smotrich said, “The plan will bury the idea of the Palestinian state.” He said.
Settlements are considered illegal in accordance with international law, but Israel objected to it.
One of the most controversial issues among Israel and Palestinians. According to the anti -Israeli -origin group peace, approximately 700,000 settlers live in about 160 settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem – Land Palestinians are looking for a future independent state.
“After decimes of international pressure and freezing, we violate the contracts and connect Maale Adumim to Jerusalem,” Smotrich said. He said.
He continued: “This is the best Zionism – to build, place and strengthen our sovereignty in the territory of Israel.”
In recent days, Israel has followed the statements made by an increasing number of countries on the intention of recognizing a Palestinian state in the coming months, condemned by Israel.
Smotrich declared the plan at a press conference with Israel Ganz and Maale Adumim Mayor Guy Yifrach, the plan, the plan was given to the Jews by God.
When asked by BBC, the plans sent to the appreciation of England and France Later in this year, recognizing a Palestinian provinceHe said: “This will not happen. There will be a state to recognize.”
Peace said now: “The Netanyahu government exploits every minute to deepen the annexation of the West Bank and prevent the possibility of a two -state solution.
“Today, for everyone, it is clear that the only solution of the conflict and the only way to defeat Hamas is the establishment of a Palestinian state together with Israel.
“The Israeli government continues to spill blood instead of working to finish us.”
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the new reconciliation plan “genocide, displacement and extension of annexation crimes”.
Israel has rejected such accusations for a long time, but leading Israeli Human Rights Organizations claimed that the country’s behavior in the war in Gaza It creates genocide against the Palestinian population.
Smotrich, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Approved by England in June “Encourage repeated violence against Palestinian communities” in the occupied West Bank.
The construction of 3,401 housing units in the E1 region has been frozen for 20 years. The development of the region effectively prevents the establishment of the Palestinian state because of its strategic position that distinguishes the areas in the south of Jerusalem from the north areas from the north and prevents the urban region of an adjacent Palestinian urban region that connects East Jerusalem and Bethemm.
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel’s pressure on the West Bank on Palestinians has justified sharply as legitimate security measures.
The majority of the international community accepts illegal settlements within the scope of international law – a position supported by the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year.
