Israel’s settlement plan divides West Bank

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank will “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”

Israeli settlements
Palestinian neighbourhoods

Old City
EAST JERUSALEM
WEST JERUSALEM
Armistice Line, 1949
Jerusalem municipal boundary
Bethlehem
Sur Baher
Abu Dis
Maale Adumim
Ramallah
ISRAEL
WEST BANK
WEST BANK
1.2 miles
2km
50 miles
80km
WEST BANK
GAZA
JORDAN
LEB.
SYRIA
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
ISRAEL
EGYPT
E1 settlement

Sources: Reuters, BBC, Peace Now
Picture: Google Earth
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