Israel's government is expected next week to approve construction plans in the E1 area, which would cut off the northern West Bank from its southern regions.

The far-right minister said he will approve 3,000 new homes in the E1 area project, hailing it as ‘Zionism at its best’.

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich announced approval for 3,401 new homes in the controversial E1 area project in the occupied West Bank.