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Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan

AL-Monitor
Sep 11, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visit the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem September 8, 2025 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visit the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem September 8, 2025 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo — Ronen Zvulun

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement on Thursday to push ahead with a controversial settlement expansion plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state.

"There will not be a Palestinian state," Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank where thousands of new housing units would be added.

Last month, the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, received final approval.

(Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing by Alex Richardson)