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Israel gives final approval to the E1 settlement plan
20 August 2025, East of Jerusalem, West Bank
A Defence Ministry planning committee gave final approval to E1, a settlement plan of about 3,400 housing units east of Jerusalem that had been proposed decades earlier. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said it practically erased the idea of a two-state solution.
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CountsJTA reports that a Defence Ministry planning committee gave final approval to the E1 project, 3,400 housing units on land east of Jerusalem.
3,400 housing units counted as: Units in the approved E1 plan
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QuotesSmotrich said the plan practically erases the two-state idea.
significant step that practically erases the two-state delusion
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Chatham House says E1 covers about 3% of the West Bank and cuts its territorial continuity, and quotes Smotrich saying it would bury the idea of a Palestinian state.
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