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Israel Revives Controversial E1 Settlement Plan and Its Impact on Palestinians
The Business Guardian
|August 15, 2025
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has greenlit a long-freeze proposal to build over 3,400 homes in the E1 zone, wedged between East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank, foreign media reported on Thursday.
Smotrich asserted that the move will "bury the idea of a Palestinian state," adding that those planning to recognize one "will receive an answer from us on the ground," according to a report published by The Associated Press.
While the final approval from Israel's High Planning Council remains pending, Smotrich indicated that infrastructure work could start in a few months' time with the landmark construction expected to begin within a span of one year.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is yet to issue a statement in this regard, the international backlash has already appears to be in effect.
PEACE ADVOCATES SOUND ALARM
This story is from the August 15, 2025 edition of The Business Guardian.
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