If Israel’s settlement plan goes through, the West Bank will soon cease to exist – Mondoweiss

“There will be no Palestinian state,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last Thursday, attending a ceremony in the heart of the West Bank held at the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim.

Fast forward to the following Tuesday, September 16. Just a few meters away from Maale Adumim’s entrance, Israeli forces installed large metal gates at the entrance of the Palestinian town of al-Aizariyah, just a stone’s throw away from the Israeli settlement. It was a direct result…