Israel settlement plan would split West Bank in two — SkimNews
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- Israeli government is forging ahead with a settlement expansion plan in the occupied West Bank that rights groups say would effectively divide the territory in two, according to the source.
- Rights groups have long criticized the plan as a direct threat to the viability of a future Palestinian state, framing the proposed expansion as a de facto partition of occupied territory.
Why it matters: Palestinians stand to lose territorial contiguity in the West Bank if the expansion proceeds — the source's critics say the de facto partition makes a viable Palestinian state geographically impossible, eroding the two-state framework as a practical option rather than a theoretical one.
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