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Israeli PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
Benjamin Netanyahu announces a major settlement project to safeguard heritage, land and security in the occupied West Bank
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed commitment against Palestinian statehood, asserting rightful ownership of land. (AP pic)
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday that there would be no Palestinian state, speaking at a signing ceremony for a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank.
“We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us,” Netanyahu said at the event in Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement just east of Jerusalem.
“We will safeguard our heritage, our land and our security… We are going to double the city’s population.” The event was streamed live by his office.
Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12 sq km tract of land known as E1, but the plan had been stalled for years in the face of international opposition.
The site sits between Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near routes connecting the north and south of the Palestinian territory.
Last month, Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich backed plans to build around 3,400 homes on the ultra-sensitive parcel of land.
His announcement drew condemnation, with UN chief Antonio Guterres saying the settlement would effectively cleave the West Bank in two and pose an “existential threat” to a contiguous Palestinian state.
All of Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, occupied since 1967, are considered illegal under international law, regardless of whether they have Israeli planning permission.
Several Western governments, including Britain and France, have announced they intend to recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations later this month.
Britain has said it will take the step if Israel fails to agree to a ceasefire in the devastating Gaza war, triggered by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
Far-right Israeli ministers have in recent months openly called for Israel’s annexation of the territory.
Israeli NGO Peace Now, which monitors settlement activity in the West Bank, said last week that infrastructure work in E1 could begin within a few months, and housing construction within about a year.
It said the E1 plan was “deadly for the future of Israel and for any chance of achieving a peaceful two-state solution”.
Excluding Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, the West Bank is home to around three million Palestinians, as well as about 500,000 Israeli settlers.
“We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us,” Netanyahu said at the event in Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement just east of Jerusalem.
“We will safeguard our heritage, our land and our security… We are going to double the city’s population.” The event was streamed live by his office.
Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12 sq km tract of land known as E1, but the plan had been stalled for years in the face of international opposition.
The site sits between Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near routes connecting the north and south of the Palestinian territory.
Last month, Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich backed plans to build around 3,400 homes on the ultra-sensitive parcel of land.
His announcement drew condemnation, with UN chief Antonio Guterres saying the settlement would effectively cleave the West Bank in two and pose an “existential threat” to a contiguous Palestinian state.
All of Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, occupied since 1967, are considered illegal under international law, regardless of whether they have Israeli planning permission.
Several Western governments, including Britain and France, have announced they intend to recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations later this month.
Britain has said it will take the step if Israel fails to agree to a ceasefire in the devastating Gaza war, triggered by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
Far-right Israeli ministers have in recent months openly called for Israel’s annexation of the territory.
Israeli NGO Peace Now, which monitors settlement activity in the West Bank, said last week that infrastructure work in E1 could begin within a few months, and housing construction within about a year.
It said the E1 plan was “deadly for the future of Israel and for any chance of achieving a peaceful two-state solution”.
Excluding Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, the West Bank is home to around three million Palestinians, as well as about 500,000 Israeli settlers.
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shailoks have been invasive land robbers since Day 1
The Jews have been on the land between the Jordan river and the Sea, for thousands of years, only forced out by the invaders , who now refuse to acknowledge the fact.
ReplyDeletemfer, u do believe that zionist grandmother's fairytale!
DeleteLikening that zionist alpha using the same argument to claim the land & cleansing all other gentiles.
Even the Koran says the land belongs to the Isaac’s. And the Koran does not mention the word Palestine.
Deletemfer, prove it!
DeleteUK govt finally comes around and admits Isaac is not committing genocide in Gaza.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thenational.scot/news/25451870.uk-government-rules-israel-not-committing-genocide-palestine/
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/foreign-office-suggests-israel-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza/
Mfer, Read the official text, not those reprinted farts.
DeleteBut do u care. Shekals r hard to come by nowadays.
Isaac shames Pakistan during UNSC Debate on Doha strikes, when Osama bin Laden who was hiding in Pakistan was killed in a daring raid by USA.
ReplyDeleteMembers of the same UN Security Council have done the same thing in the past.
From 2014-2022 France struck terrorists in Mali, Chad, Bulkina Faso and Mauritania. No issue.
In 2014-2015 the UK carried out air strikes in Syria and Iraq against ISIS terrorists. No the UK did not ask for permission from these countries beforehand. No issue.
Russia attacked Chechian terrorists in the 90s.
Etcetera etcetera. All these countries in the Security Council.
But today when Isaac do the same against Hamas terrorist in Qatar, big issue. Why?
Let me sagest: because Isaacs are involved.
https://youtu.be/u7GuwYENnHY?feature=shared
Ooop … mfer, r u really believing in that western chanted international rule based order?
DeleteAnother example of media fake news. Tony Aguilar the ex-GHF security staff who claimed “Amir” a Gazan boy was killed back in May at a GHF aid site has been found alive. But alas the fake news has been swallowed by Gullible Guppies and there won’t be any retraction.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/6JlggjhHoJs?feature=sharedP
wakakakaka… who said what then & now who says who?
DeleteOnly a zionist myrmidon would buy into all these crappy tales, leaking out from the zionist fart chamber!