Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on September 11, 2025, that there will be no Palestinian state. Speaking at Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, he announced plans to double the settlement’s population despite global opposition.

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• Netanyahu: “No Palestinian state, this land belongs to us”
• Speech during signing of new settlement project in Maale Adumim
• Plan aims to double population of settlement east of Jerusalem
• Focus on E1 zone, 12 sq km land between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim
• E1 development opposed internationally for blocking Palestinian statehood
• Finance Minister Smotrich backed 3,400 new homes last month
• UN chief Guterres warns E1 plan would split West Bank in two
• Settlements in occupied West Bank deemed illegal under international law
• Britain, France planning Palestine recognition at UN this month
• Peace Now NGO warns E1 plan “deadly” for two-state solution