Burying the Idea of a Palestinian State
The Israeli government recently announced plans to implement a long-delayed building project that would split the West Bank into north and south and “bury the idea of a Palestinian state.”
Burying the Idea of a Palestinian State
Soeren Kern | Israel My Glory | November 1, 2025
The Israeli government recently announced plans to implement a long-delayed building project that would split the West Bank into north and south and “bury the idea of a Palestinian state.” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move constitutes a response to the growing number of Western countries declaring that they intend to recognize a Palestinian state.
The so-called E1 project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, a Jewish suburb located seven kilometers (four miles) east of Israel’s capital, envisions the construction of more than 3,000 housing units that will connect the two municipalities from east to west. The project has been frozen for decades due to opposition from Western leaders who fear the new neighborhood would horizontally bisect the West Bank and preclude the establishment of a territorially contiguous Palestinian state.
