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

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It would effectively split the West Bank in two. Although it is only now moving forward, the E1 plan has been at least two decades in the making. The only thing that has stopped its implementation has been diplomatic obstacles that would open up Israel to accusations of preventing a Palestinian state. A map presented by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich detailing a proposed Israeli annexation of 82% of the West Bank on September 3, 2025. It means the end of the West Bank as a geographic and political unit.