"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich remarked. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved the new E1 settlement plan near Ma’aleh Adumim,

A far-right Israeli minister has backed controversial settlement plans in order to ensure there is “nothing left to recognise” of a Palestinian state.

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