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Israel approved a settlement project (E1) in the West Bank, seen as a major blow to a future Palestinian state. The project, long delayed, will fragment Palestinian territory and is condemned by international bodies. Israeli hard-liners see this as a step to erase the idea of a Palestinian state.
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But the Trump administration has been far less critical of settlements than previous administrations, or most of the international community, which generally considers them to be illegal and obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian peace.Roughly 500,000 Israeli settlers and about three million Palestinians live in the West Bank, where the Israeli military holds overriding control. Israeli troops regularly raid Palestinian cities and restrict the movement of Palestinians. While Israeli settlers who live in the West Bank can vote in Israeli elections, their Palestinian neighbors have no say in them.Under the plan, around 3,400 additional settlement housing units would be built on one of the most sensitive tracts of real estate in the West Bank: E1, short for East One. The plot lies just east of Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital.Prospects for a functional Palestinian state have been dim for years, becoming more so with each new Israeli settlement, road or barrier, and it has never been clear what its boundaries would be.But human rights groups and European countries say building the E1 settlements there would increasingly bisect the central West Bank, making the possibility of a future Palestinian state there even more tenuous. They argue it would also hem in mainly Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, preventing them from growing into the West Bank.ImageA view from the E1 corridor, one of the most sensitive tracts of real estate in the occupied West Bank, in 2020. The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim is in the background.Credit...Ahmad Gharabli\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images\u201cThis could have disastrous consequences for Palestinian contiguity and really could call into question the feasibility of a Palestinian state,\u201d said Alon Cohen-Lifshitz, an urban planning expert at the Israeli human rights group Bimkom.Building settlements there could also put hundreds of Palestinians who live in and around the area at risk of expulsion, he added.The Palestinian Authority, which administers some parts of the West Bank, denounced the project as a \u201cdangerous escalation.\u201dWant to stay updated on what\u2019s happening in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Sign up for Your Places: Global Update, and we\u2019ll send our latest coverage to your inbox.European countries, including some of Israel\u2019s traditional allies, have denounced the E1 settlements. The Israeli government is already facing international fury over its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza, where tens of thousands have been killed.\u201cIf implemented, it would divide a Palestinian state in two, mark a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution,\u201d said David Lammy, the British foreign secretary. \u201cThe Israeli government must reverse this decision.\u201dA spokesman for the secretary general of the United Nations, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, said Mr. Guterres also condemned the decision and that he called for a halt to all settlement activity.But for Israeli hard-liners, undermining prospects for an independent Palestinian state is precisely the point. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his allies have rejected ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state, arguing that it would be a boon to Hamas.Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, declared the E1 project\u2019s approval was another step toward ensuring that the idea of a Palestinian state \u201cis being erased from the table.\u201d\u201cEvery town, every neighborhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea,\u201d he said on Wednesday.As part of an agreement with Mr. Netanyahu, whose coalition needs Mr. Smotrich\u2019s party to control a majority in the Parliament, Mr. Smotrich was given wide-ranging power over West Bank settlement construction.As the international community has focused on the devastating war in Gaza, the Israeli government has barreled ahead with settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.The Israeli authorities had advanced plans for more than 19,000 housing units as of late July, the highest tally in years, according to Peace Now, an Israeli settlement watchdog. Galvanized by Mr. Smotrich, the government has worked to establish new settlements and retroactively approve outposts illegally erected by Jewish radicals without permits.ImageBezalel Smotrich, Israel\u2019s finance minister, near a settlement outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, last week. Credit...Menahem Kahana\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty ImagesThat has been accompanied by a campaign of brazen, sometimes deadly attacks by Jewish extremists on Palestinian communities.\u201cThis government is trying to exploit every minute in power to create facts on the ground which will prevent a Palestinian state,\u201d said Hagit Ofran, a researcher at Peace Now. For roughly two decades, the E1 plans wound their way through the bureaucratic Israeli zoning process in the West Bank. But intense international opposition, including from the Obama and Biden administrations, mostly kept the project dormant.But suddenly, earlier this summer, the Israeli government jump-started the proposal, said Mr. Cohen-Lifshitz, and rights groups had almost no time to file objections.Within about a month, the Israeli authorities called a hearing for final objections to the E1 project before announcing that they would approve it.Asked for the administration\u2019s stance on the E1 project this week, Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said that it was up to the Israeli government to decide. \u201cWhether or not there should be a massive development in E1 is a decision for the government of Israel to make, and so we would not try to evaluate the good or the bad of that,\u201d Mr. Huckabee said in a radio interview.Last week, Mr. Smotrich appeared to tie the decision to a recent diplomatic push by France, the United Kingdom and other countries to recognize an independent Palestinian state.\u201cToday, whoever tries abroad to recognize a Palestinian state \u2014 will receive our answer on the ground,\u201d Mr. Smotrich said.Farnaz Fassihi contributed reporting.Aaron Boxerman is a Times reporter covering Israel and Gaza. 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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , International Relations π a1161852-7984-4bc3-8c2c-d8bb28741a69Simplified: Israel approved new settlements in West Bank
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Simplified: Project known as East One or E1 was delayed for more than two decades
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , International Relations π a1161871-c011-43a0-9eab-6ba56e5b3d13Simplified: International community generally considers settlements to be illegal and obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian peace
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Demographics , Politics π a1161872-ac48-4001-94ca-96c7312d5729Simplified: About 500000 Israeli settlers and about three million Palestinians live in West Bank
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Military , Geopolitics π a116191a-4b5c-4e7d-b22f-76fbab901db5Simplified: Israeli troops regularly raid Palestinian cities and restrict movement of Palestinians
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Housing , Geopolitics π a116191c-333e-42fe-988c-75a3c461f72dSimplified: Around 3400 additional settlement housing units would be built on E1 in West Bank
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The plot lies just east of Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital.1.000π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Geography , Geopolitics π a116191c-fcf4-4b95-9b51-01720cffb3d5Simplified: The plot lies east of Jerusalem which Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital
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π€ Alon Cohen-Lifshitz π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a116191e-15b8-4336-9ca1-9504e6ba0d80Simplified: Building settlements could put hundreds of Palestinians at risk of expulsion
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a116191e-e75a-42ac-b714-25e25ac54090Simplified: Palestinian Authority denounced the project as dangerous escalation
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a116191f-e9ab-4256-af6e-1f463383918bSimplified: European countries denounced the E1 settlements
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a1161921-055a-4f1c-aaef-1d51418ea0a3Simplified: Israeli government faces international fury over its conduct of war against Hamas in Gaza
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π€ David Lammy π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics , Legal π a1161922-3deb-414e-9003-aa15fdb3e69dSimplified: If implemented it would divide Palestinian state in two mark breach of international law undermine two-state solution
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π€ Spokesman for AntΓ³nio Guterres π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a1161923-1e13-487b-a06f-66507e0675d1Simplified: AntΓ³nio Guterres condemned the decision called for halt to all settlement activity
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a1161924-0e31-4147-bf8f-0cdd2950d82aSimplified: Benjamin Netanyahu and allies rejected ending occupation establishing independent Palestinian state
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , International Relations π a1161731-42bb-49c7-b7d8-9fd0859b0fc2Simplified: Bezalel Smotrich said Gazans would hopefully soon be displaced to third countries in May
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Geopolitics π a1161926-41b6-4f1c-9068-8e90a3b2d900Simplified: Smotrich was given wide-ranging power over West Bank settlement construction as part of agreement with Netanyahu
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Simplified: Israeli authorities have advanced plans for more than 20000 housing units as of late July already the highest tally in years
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Social Issues π a1161874-221f-4220-adf3-a31bc54dbc37Simplified: That has been accompanied by campaign of brazen attacks by Jewish extremists on Palestinian communities
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Simplified: International opposition kept the project dormant
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Simplified: Israeli government jump-started the proposal earlier this summer
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Simplified: Rights groups had almost no time to file objections
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Simplified: Decision for government of Israel to make whether there should be massive development in E1
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Simplified: Whoever tries abroad to recognize Palestinian state will receive answer on the ground