{"id":155292,"date":"2020-03-02T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=155292"},"modified":"2020-02-26T08:51:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T08:51:52","slug":"netanyahu-pledges-to-build-3500-illegal-homes-in-key-west-bank-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/03\/netanyahu-pledges-to-build-3500-illegal-homes-in-key-west-bank-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Pledges to Build 3,500 Illegal Homes in Key West Bank Area"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    If fully implemented, Palestinians say the plan would effectively split the West Bank in half and\u00a0separate East Jerusalem from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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    25 Feb 2020 – <\/em>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today his plans to authorize the construction of some 3,500 new illegal homes for Jewish settlers in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n

    RELATED: Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    “I have given instructions to immediately publish for deposit the plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1,” Netanyahu said in a speech, describing the first phase of a planning process, adding that “this had been delayed for six or seven years.”<\/p>\n

    The E1 plan involves building hundreds of illegal settlement units to link the nearby settlements of Kfar Adumim and Maale Adumim with East Jerusalem in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank.<\/p>\n

    If fully implemented, Palestinians say the plan would effectively split the West Bank in half, as it is the only land corridor connecting the northern and southern West Bank.<\/p>\n

    Also, it would separate East Jerusalem from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and force them to make even lengthier detours to travel from one place to another.<\/p>\n

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    Building in E1 would sever the populated territorial contiguity of the West Bank and cripple the two-state solution if it isn\u2019t reversed. And with E1 so close to Jerusalem, if it\u2019s built even a future pro-peace Prime Minister would find it overwhelmingly difficult to give up.<\/p>\n

    — Peace Now (@peacenowisrael) February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n