Israel poised to start construction of bypass through heart of West Bank
Road project, part of blueprint for new illegal settlement in E1 area east of Jerusalem, is considered a tool of annexation Israel plans to start work next month on a bypass road that will close off the heart of the occupied West Bank to Palestinians and cement the de facto annexation of an area...
<p>Road project, part of blueprint for new illegal settlement in E1 area east of Jerusalem, is considered a tool of annexation </p><p>Israel plans to start work next month on a bypass road that will close off the heart of the occupied West Bank to Palestinians and cement the de facto annexation of an area critical for the viability of a future Palestinian state.</p><p>The road is a key part of the blueprint for a vast illegal <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/israel-vast-illegal-settlement-west-bank">new settlement</a> in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, which would fragment the occupied West Bank. The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said the plans were intended to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/israel-start-construction-bypass-west-bank-illegal-settlement">Continue reading...</a>
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