Poging GOUD - Vrij
West Bank plan 'buries idea of a Palestinian state'
Western Morning News
|August 15, 2025
ISRAEL'S far-right finance minister yesterday announced approval of contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Palestinians and human rights groups worry the move will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts.
The announcement came as many countries, including Australia, France and Canada, have said they would recognise a Palestinian state in September.
"This reality finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state, because there is nothing to recognise and no one to recognise," Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said during a ceremony yesterday.
"Anyone in the world who tries today to recognise a Palestinian state will receive an answer from us on the ground," he added. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet publicly commented on the plan, but he has touted it in the past.
Dit verhaal komt uit de August 15, 2025-editie van Western Morning News.
Abonneer u op Magzter GOLD voor toegang tot duizenden zorgvuldig samengestelde premiumverhalen en meer dan 9000 tijdschriften en kranten.
Bent u al abonnee? Aanmelden
MEER VERHALEN VAN Western Morning News
Western Morning News
BT tops FTSE 100 as major deal unveiled
BT is linking up with Verizon
1 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Council sets out plans for housing for locals
Only people with primary residences in Duchy will be allowed to live in planned 4,000 affordable and market rented homes on council land, reports Lee Trewhela
4 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Eustaquio is in tears after late heroics
CANADA’S World Cup hero Stephen Eustaquio was reduced to tears as he dedicated his stoppage-time winner to his late parents.
1 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Petition to save ‘Little Poland’
MORE than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on the government to step in and save Devon's own ‘Little Poland’.
2 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Top Boy actor raped woman in car, court told
BAFTA-WINNING Top Boy actor Micheal Ward raped a woman in a car after meeting her at a nightclub, a court has heard.
3 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Thousands caught driving unroadworthy vehicles, figures show
MORE than 10,000 drivers in Britain were caught driving unroadworthy vehicles last year, an investigation has found.
1 min
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Sinner survives, while Britons make early exit
JANNIK Sinner dug deep to snap his five-set losing streak and begin the defence of his Wimbledon title with victory over Miomir Kecmanovic.
2 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Controversial parking meters at car park vandalised on first day
THREE new parking meters installed at a Cornish car park - which has been free to use for the past 40 years - have been vandalised on the first day they were due to operate.
1 min
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Stokes is backing Brook for captaincy
But Stokes made it clear that he was fully behind Brook, urging the England and Wales Cricket Board to appoint his deputy.
2 mins
June 30, 2026
Western Morning News
Clarke 'had in his head' what he wanted to do
STEVE Clarke said it was a straightforward decision to step down from his role as Scotland head coach because he always planned to depart if the World Cup did not go to plan.
2 mins
June 30, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size