Source: US News & World Report
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement on Thursday to push ahead with a controversial [squat] expansion plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for [the state which has existed since 1988 and is recognized by most other states]. ‘There will never be a Palestinian state. This place is ours,’ Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale Adumim [squat] in the West Bank where thousands of new housing units would be added. … Last month, the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, received final approval from a Defence Ministry planning commission. Netanyahu was joined by nationalist members of his coalition, including far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who in August said [the] Palestinian state ‘is being erased from the table, not with slogans but with actions.'” (09/11/25)