Israel's new roads are isolating Palestinian villages in the West Bank
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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a group of Palestinians looks on as Israeli heavy machinery shoves aside earth to create new routes for Jewish settlements. Palestinians say the routes are creating new barriers to movement and burying hopes for statehood, even as a plan announced by Trump this week suggested a possible path forward.
Breakdown
- Israeli construction of new roads near West Bank villages is restricting Palestinian movement. 14s
- Palestinians are largely barred from using these new routes, which mainly serve Jewish settlers. 49s
- The Israeli government has allocated over $2 billion for West Bank road construction since the Gaza conflict escalated. 2m 9s
- Rights groups describe the road network as discriminatory and aimed at stifling Palestinian development. 2m 33s
- Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated there will not be a Palestinian state, despite international proposals. 2m 52s
