Controversial project that would split West Bank into north and south has been on hold for decades due to international pressure; settler leader hails 'historical achievement' The post Smotrich to okay 3,

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans to build over 3,000 homes in the long-stalled E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. Smotrich said it will “bury the idea of a Palestinian state” because “there is nothing to recognise and no one to recognise.

Construction in E1 is great news for Jerusalem. We are taking responsibility for our future. The world may oppose it now - but will recognize it later.