BBC News in London
ReutersBezalel Smotrich, the state -of -the -art financial minister of Israel, said he plans to build more than 3,000 houses in the controversial settlement project of the occupied West Bank.
The so -called E1 project between Jerusalem and Mae Mae ADUMIM has been frozen for decades in intense opposition parties. There, the building will effectively block Westbank in the occupied East Jerusalem.
Smotrich said it would interfere with the idea of Palestinian countries. “Because there is nothing to recognize and no one to recognize”
The settlement village is considered illegal in accordance with international law and is one of the most controversial issues between Israel and Palestine.
According to the Israeli settlement group PEACE NOW, about 700,000 settlers live in about 160 settlements in Westbank and East Jerusalem. Palestinians are looking for future independent countries.
“We’ve been breaking the convention and connecting Maale Adumim with Jerusalem after the international pressure and freezing for decades.”
“This is the best Zionism. We build, settle and strengthen our sovereignty in the land of Israel.”
As Israel’s criticism, the intention to recognize the Palestinian countries in the next few months is increasing, and declarations are continuing recently.
SMOTRICH plans at a press conference with Israel Ganz, chairman of the settlement citizens’ council, and Mile Market Guy YiFrach.
When the BBC asks for a message for the Palestinian state at the end of this year, he will not happen. There will be no week to recognize. “
This week, the State Department said, “The stable West Bank is consistent with this administration’s goal to keep Israel safely and achieve peace in this area.”
But the United Nations and the EU urged Israel not to proceed.
The spokesman said, “The EU refuses to change the territory, not part of the political agreement between the parties.”
David Lammy, British Foreign Minister, said the proposal should be stopped.
“The UK strongly opposes the Israeli government’s E1 agreement plan, which will divide the Palestinian nations into 2 and divide them into rapid violations of international law,” he said.
According to the AFP News Agency, Germany “strongly rejected this plan and urged” Occupied West Bank to “stop settling” at the Occupied West Bank.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also aimed to “ignore international law” and aim for Palestine’s “territory honesty.”
Israeli NGO Peace now said: “The Netanyahu government is exploiting every minute to deepen the merger of Westbank and to prevent the possibility of two weeks solutions.
“The only solution to all disputes today and the only way to defeat Hamas is to establish a Palestinian country with Israel.
“The Israeli government continues to criticize us as bloody poetry instead of trying to end us.”
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the new settlement plan as “extension of massacre, displacement and merger crime.”
Israel has long rejected such accusations, but Israeli human rights groups insisted that the behavior of the country formed a massacre of the Palestinian population in the Gaza War.
SMOTRICH, along with the Secretary of State ITAMAR Ben-GVir, was approved in June for “repetitive stimuli of violence against the Palestinian community.”
3,401 housing units were built in the E1 area for 20 years. The development has long been considered effectively blocking the establishment of the Palestinian nation, and has prevented the Palestinian urban area that connects Ramala, East Jerusalem and Bethlehem due to the strategic stance of separating the region from the south of Jerusalem to the north of Jerusalem.
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel’s pressure on the Westbank Palestinians has risen rapidly due to legal security measures.
The majority of the international community consider illegal agreements in accordance with international law. This is a position supported by the consultation opinion of the International Court (ICJ) last year.
