As annexation stalls, Netanyahu revives plan to expand West Bank settlements
Israel is reviving the E1 plan to build thousands of settlements in East Jerusalem, which would cut off the city from the rest of the West Bank and undermine any prospect for the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state.
![1223643930 A picture taken from the E1 corridor, a super-sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, shows Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the background on June 30, 2020. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/08/GettyImages-1223643930.jpg/GettyImages-1223643930.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=AML8mPJI)
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