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Israel approved a settlement project in the E1 area of the West Bank, signaling a shift away from the two-state solution. This decision, backed by the current government, has drawn international condemnation and complicates the prospects of a future Palestinian state.
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Sign up for Your Places: Global Update, and we\u2019ll send our latest coverage to your inbox.The establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is widely viewed as the only practical possible solution to the century-old conflict, and foreign and domestic peace builders have long held that building in E1 would complicate the prospects of a viable, contiguous Palestinian heartland.Until now, every American administration had vehemently opposed Israeli housing construction there to preserve the option of a negotiated peace agreement, and the approval granted last week prompted strong international condemnation from many of Israel\u2019s traditional allies.Support for a two-state solution dwindled among the Israeli public after a spate of deadly Palestinian suicide bombings in the early 2000s and even more so since the Oct. 7 attack. Even left-leaning Israeli politicians avoid mentioning the old land-for-peace formula, speaking only of leaving open a pathway for a future separation from the Palestinians.The prospects of a two-state solution have also receded as West Bank land has been eaten away by the settlement expansion championed by the far-right coalition partners Mr. Netanyahu relies on to stay in power, among them Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister.About 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, amid about three million Palestinians. Most of the world considers Israeli settlements there to be a violation of international law.\u201cIt\u2019s Smotrich\u2019s government now,\u201d said Daniel B. Shapiro, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, a research group in Washington, and former American ambassador to Israel. He said, \u201cNetanyahu can\u2019t resist him, and Trump shows no appetite to push back.\u201dImageThe Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, arrived for a news conference near Maale Adumim earlier this month.Credit...Ohad Zwigenberg\/Associated PressMike Huckabee, the current U.S. ambassador to Israel, said in a radio interview that large-scale development in E1 was \u201ca decision for the government of Israel to make, and so we would not try to evaluate the good or the bad of that.\u201dFor Mr. Smotrich, precluding any possibility of a future Palestinian state is precisely the point. He has described each new settlement and housing unit as \u201ca nail in the coffin of that dangerous idea.\u201dMuch of E1 consists of steep inclines and deep ravines that make construction difficult, but about 3,400 housing units are planned to go up on two plateaus.\u201cConstruction in E1 may or may not block a future Palestinian state; there are conceivable workarounds,\u201d Mr. Shapiro said. But what it will do, he said, is end any near-term prospect of formal diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region and increase Israel\u2019s international isolation, coming as the Israeli government plans to expand its military occupation of Gaza.\n \n \nAn abbreviation of East 1 (as it was marked on old maps), E1 sits on roughly 4.6 square miles of rugged desert terrain at the cinched waist of the kidney-shaped West Bank, connecting the northern and southern halves of the territory. It is one of the last open areas for development between the West Bank and predominantly Palestinian East Jerusalem.Israeli settlement there would reduce the link between the two halves of the West Bank to a series of roads and bridges, and to a narrow land corridor farther east, in the direction of the Jordanian border.Successive Israeli governments have coveted E1 \u2014 if quietly \u2014 to create a different kind of contiguity, one that would connect Jerusalem and the large Israeli urban settlement of Maale Adumim, just east of E1, and to seal Israel\u2019s control of the high ground around its contested capital.Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin formally included E1 within the jurisdiction of Maale Adumim in 1994, a year before he was assassinated by a Jewish extremist, but with the first of the Israeli-Palestinian agreements known as the Oslo Accords in play, he did not promote building there.The series of prime ministers who followed him, Mr. Netanyahu included, tried to advance construction plans but bowed to American objections. Other than roads and basic infrastructure, the only building there is an Israeli police station that went up about two decades ago and could be easily removed, unlike a populated neighborhood.ImageDeveloping E1 would allow the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, rear, to be linked with Jerusalem.Credit...Ronen Zvulun\/ReutersAround that time, Mr. Netanyahu, who was out of office, went to E1 to kick off a campaign to regain leadership of the Likud party.When he once again won the premiership in 2009, he delivered a landmark speech, under international pressure, essentially endorsing the two-state solution. He pledged to work for peace and laid out terms for \u201ca demilitarized Palestinian state\u201d alongside the Jewish state of Israel.He has since suggested that Israel should maintain security control over all the West Bank and has spoken of a Palestinian \u201cstate minus\u201d with limited powers.Even during Mr. Trump\u2019s first term, Mr. Netanyahu held off approving construction in E1 as the administration in Washington worked on an ultimately unsuccessful Middle East peace plan.But the region looks very different now. The West Bank is undergoing transformation, and the future of the Gaza Strip is in limbo. Israel has recently fought wars with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has been fighting in Syria, too.The significance of E1 appears to have shrunk to a tiny, beige square on the map.\u201cIf you look at the grand picture, E1 is a very minor detail, hardly worth looking at,\u201d said Zakaria al-Qaq, a Palestinian expert in national security and resident of East Jerusalem. Mr. Netanyahu, he said, is on a mission \u201cto re-engineer and redesign the geography, demography, history and ideology of the entire region.\u201dStill, it remains unclear whether the E1 decision truly buries the two-state solution or whether the idea might still be salvageable.Shaul Arieli, head of the T-Politography research group, which provides data to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said it would take months for building to start.The approval came ahead of elections scheduled for next year, he noted, adding that the outcome of the elections would determine the results on the ground.Mr. Arieli, a map expert who helped prepare Israel\u2019s official negotiating teams in the past, believes that it is still feasible to create a Palestinian state and redraw the borders, with land swaps, in a way that would allow 80 percent of the Israeli settlers to live under Israeli sovereignty.Construction in E1 would make things more difficult, he acknowledged, but he said that every peace proposal up until now called for Israel to give up on dozens of settlements.\u201cIt could always evacuate that one,\u201d he said.Isabel Kershner, a Times correspondent in Jerusalem, has been reporting on Israeli and Palestinian affairs since 1990.See more on: Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin NetanyahuRead 66 CommentsShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT", "ai_headline": "Tiny Patch of West Bank Land Fuels Dreams of Greater Israel", "ai_simplified_title": "Netanyahu Approves West Bank Settlement Project Amidst Conflict", "ai_excerpt": "Israel approved a settlement project in the E1 area of the West Bank, signaling a shift away from the two-state solution. 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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTTiny Patch of West Bank Land Fuels Dreams of Greater IsraelIsraelβs approval of a settlement project delayed for decades shows how far Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone in dashing Palestinian aspirations.Listen to this article Β· 9:31 min Learn moreShare full articleA view of the E1 area near an Israeli settlement, Maale Adumim, on Friday.Credit...Amir Levy/Getty ImagesBy Isabel KershnerReporting from JerusalemAug. 25, 2025, 5:28 a.m. ETThe plans for Israeli settlement construction in an area known as E1, a small but strategic patch of land in the occupied West Bank, were laid before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first came to power nearly three decades ago.Actually breaking ground there was long taboo, since the land is considered critical to any future Palestinian state, but building may now begin soon.Israelβs final approval for the settlement project, granted last week, shows how far Mr. Netanyahu and his hard...
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Simplified: Building would take months to start Shaul Arieli said
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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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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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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Conflict , Historical π a114b5a7-894d-49f8-8c57-6d1dc2807463Simplified: Gaza war was triggered in October 2023 when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel killing 1200 people and taking 251 hostages
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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 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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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 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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Simplified: Approval came ahead of elections scheduled for next year
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Simplified: Israel could always evacuate that one
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Journalism , History π a1161c47-a254-4284-a947-ebe9841673a7Simplified: Isabel Kershner has been reporting on Israeli Palestinian affairs since 1990
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Simplified: Decision for government of Israel to make whether there should be massive development in E1
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For Mr. Smotrich, precluding any possibility of a future Palestinian state is precisely the point.0.900π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Politics , Israel , West Bank π a1161c46-01da-480b-9d8b-c7228c315882Simplified: For Smotrich precluding any possibility of a future Palestinian state is precisely the point
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Simplified: Construction in E1 would make things more difficult Shaul Arieli acknowledged
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Simplified: Prime ministers tried to advance construction plans but bowed to American objections
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Infrastructure , Politics π a1161c46-8b32-4484-b0ac-21e2b6ba721dSimplified: Only building there is Israeli police station
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Simplified: Netanyahu pledged to work for peace and laid out terms for demilitarized Palestinian state
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Simplified: Netanyahu suggested Israel should maintain security control over West Bank and spoken of Palestinian state minus
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Simplified: Netanyahu is on mission to re-engineer and redesign geography demography history ideology of entire region