Large swaths of northern Gaza have been turned into ‘lifeless wastelands’ due to Israel’s intensifying assault.
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Israeli plans to greenlight the construction of more than 3,000 homes in the E1 area settlement of the occupied West Bank are in line with its goal of blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state, says Al Jazeera correspondent Hamdah Salhut.
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has announced his intention to approve the construction of thousands of housing units in the E1 area, which connects Jerusalem with the existing illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, located several kilometres to the east.
“The main problem here, with this E1 plan, is that it would completely cut off the occupied West Bank from occupied East Jerusalem, essentially… destroying all territorial continuity that would [be needed for] a future Palestinian state,” said Salhut.
