RAMALLAH, August 21, 2025 (WAFA) – The Government Communication Center said that Israel’s E1 colonial settlement plan, long in preparation, is now moving forward, posing an existential threat to the geographic and demographic integrity of a sovereign, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

In a statement, the Government Communication Center stressed that the Plan is part of Israel's systematic effort to undermine the possibility of realizing a Palestinian state, compromise its geographic and demographic unity, and perpetuate the division of the West Bank into isolated areas, submerged in a colonial environment to facilitate eventual annexation.

“If implemented, this plan will not only deepen the cycle of forced displacement and settlement expansion but also irreversibly undermine the viability of the two-State solution, which remains the cornerstone of international consensus for peace,” the statement read.

“At this critical juncture, we appeal for your principled stance and leadership. The international community must act to prevent the implementation of this colonial plan and to safeguard both the Palestinian people’s rights and the prospects of a just and lasting peace, as well as to preserve the credibility of the international rules-based order,” said the Government Communication Center in a statement.

According to the statement, the Israeli E1 settlement plan seeks to:

• Isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings and cut the geographic and demographic continuity between Jerusalem and the Palestinian communities, thereby undermining the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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• Isolate the northern West Bank from its southern part and turn it into disconnected enclaves subject to the movement restrictions of the occupation authorities.
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• Expand the borders of East Jerusalem through the annexation of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc.
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• Expel and displace the Bedouin communities once again from their lands.
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• Increase the number of Jews in Jerusalem at the expense of the original Palestinian population, especially after removing Palestinian communities such as Kafr ‘Aqab, Anata, and Shu‘fat.
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The occupation authorities also seek to displace 46 Bedouin communities in the eastern slopes and the Jordan Valley in order to implement their Judaization and colonial settlement schemes and to empty the eastern borders of Palestinian presence, which cover an area of about one million dunums, said the statement.

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