Israel will build 3,000 homes in the West Bank through a project that breaks the territory
If the plan were to be undertaken, it would be an important step towards making the separation between the North and the South of Israel a reality. Human rights groups and members of the international community have criticized these claims for years because it would expel indigenous Palestinians.
Israeli Finance Minister BezalelSmotrich has announced a plan to build 3,000 new housing units within the framework of the controversial urban development plan to connect East Jerusalem with the Maale Adumim settlement, indicating that this measure undermines the idea of a Palestinian state.
"The approval of theconstruction plan undermines the idea of a State of Palestine du and continues the many actions that we are promoting as part of the sovereignty plan initiated with the formation of the Government, "Smotrich said in statements collected by Israeli news agencies.
In particular, this initiative envisages 3,515 new homes more in the Tzipor Midbar district of Maale Adumim, with a total of 6,916 homes intended exclusively for Jews.
With this plan, the Minister hopes to double the population of this settlement, as approximately 35,000 new inhabitants are expected in the area in the coming years.
Smotrich has argued that "after decades of international pressure (...), we are breaking conventions and linking Maale Adumim to Jerusalem." "This is Zionism in its highest expression: building, consolidating and strengthening our sovereignty on Israeli soil," he added, saying that the project would definitely break the territorial continuity between Jerusalem and the Palestinian part of the West Bank.
If the plan were to be undertaken, it would be an important step towards implementingthe separation between the north and south of the West Bank . Human rights groups and members of the international community have criticized these claims for years and have denounced that expulsion would mobilize Palestinian indigenous people, who regard the colonization of any area under military occupation as war crimes as a violation of international law.
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