"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.
