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Israel appears set to approve illegal 3,400-home West Bank settlement

Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he believes E1 plan will ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

Middle East crisis: Bezalel Smotrich outlines plan for 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – as it happened

Israel’s far-right finance minister claims Netanyahu and Trump have agreed to the plan although there has been no confirmation from either leader

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

Does anyone in Israel support the plan to escalate its offensive in Gaza?

Opposition has come from many sectors, including the security establishment.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025

'More important than our hostages': Israeli settlers back new Gaza plan

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new military plan for Gaza faces growing criticism abroad, opposition is also building in Israel, with hostage families calling for a nationwide shutdown on Sunday. But in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the occupied West Bank, support for the war remains firm.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 14, 2025

Smotrich says illegal West Bank settlement ‘buries’ Palestinian state

The far-right minister says he will approve more than 3,000 new homes in the E1 area project.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025

Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel. The world must stop him

This outrageous landgrab is ethnic cleansing in plain sight, says Nimer Sultany of Soas University of London, a Palestinian citizen of Israel

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Israel PM Says New Plan For Gaza 'Best Way To End The War'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his new plan to expand the war and take control of Gaza City was "the best way to end the war", defying growing calls to stop the fighting.

International Business Times · Aug 10, 2025

Israel Far Right Presses Netanyahu For Decisive Win Against Hamas

Israel's far right pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go harder against Hamas, ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Sunday on the premier's bid to conquer Gaza City.

International Business Times · Aug 10, 2025

Former Israeli PM says Netanyahu’s plans to takeover Gaza would be ‘historic disaster’

In an interview with Independent Arabia, Ehud Olmert says the continuation of the war is ‘illegitimate’ and warned that a widespread international boycott of Israel is coming

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025

IDF chief opposes Netanyahu plans to seize Gaza amid fears Israeli hostages and troops will die

Exclusive: Israeli sources tell The Independent of the desperate campaign to halt Netanyahu’s Gaza war expansion plan – and say it will only put Israeli troops and hostages at risk

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025