"There Will Be No Palestinian State": Israel PM Signs Deal To Expand Settlement In West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday signed an agreement to move forward with a settlement expansion plan in the occupied West Bank. During his visit to the West Bank last day, Netanyahu said that he is going to fulfill his promise that “there will be no Palestinian state,” violating all international laws and norms in connection with the issue.
The Prime Minister said the West Bank belongs to them, and they will safeguard their heritage, land and security. “We are going to double the city’s population,” Netanyahu said after Israel’s Higher Planning Committee gave the final nod for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank.
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Notably, all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, occupied since 1967, are considered illegal under international law, regardless of whether they have Israeli planning permission.
According to reports, the settlement plan would include 3,400 new homes for Israeli settlers. It is said that the Jewish nation would cut of much of the West Bank from occupied East Jerusalem, paving the way for thousands of Israeli settlements in the area.
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The latest development dismantles any possibility that there could be a Palestinian state in the future, with settlement expansion plan destroys any territorial continuity from the West Bank to East Jerusalem.
slo1111 on September 12nd, 2025 at 11:40 UTC »
That has been the Bibi plan ever since the Obama days. They were settling WB and EJ and Obama was verbally denouncing, but would not use our UN vote to back it up.
OneReportersOpinion on September 12nd, 2025 at 07:02 UTC »
DancingFlame321 on September 12nd, 2025 at 04:33 UTC »
If Jewish people can have their own state so they have a place they can leave to when they are being persecuted, I see no reason why Palestinians shouldn't be allowed to have their own state so they have a place they can leave to if they are being persecuted. Especially considering how badly some other Middle Eastern countries treat Palestinians living in their territory.