Smotrich kündigt den Bau in der E1 -Region an: „Nagel im Sarg des palästinensischen Staates“

Bezalel Smotrich has a dream — a dream paved in concrete, checkpoints, and bulldozers. The Israeli finance minister, who moonlights as a demolition man for Palestinian statehood, has revived the long-festering “E1” settlement project like it’s a forgotten Broadway show he’s determined to drag back to center stage. Forget two states. Smotrich wants one — his — and he wants to bury the alternative under 3,000 red-roofed homes and ideological hubris.

Standing proudly over a map that looks less like a peace plan and more like a military schematic, he called it “Zionism at its best.” But what it really is, is realism at its worst. Smotrich, who has never met a Palestinian aspiration he couldn’t crush under legalese and concrete mixers, is now racing against European diplomats who might dare to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN this fall. His response? “We’ll give them an answer on the ground.” Which sounds less like foreign policy and more like a gangster movie tagline.

The international community, that perpetually exasperated Greek chorus, has already deemed these settlements illegal. But the Israeli hard right, intoxicated by its own electoral math and post-Gaza fury, has stopped caring about applause from The Hague. The only standing ovation they want is from their base — settlers, nationalists, and the ideologically emboldened who see compromise as betrayal and bulldozers as destiny.

First of all, I think one unified Palestinian state has never been possible, Gaza and West Bank will go each their own way, even if they start under one government they will drift apart like east and west Pakistan.