JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday announced the approval of a road project in the occupied West Bank that would separate traffic for Palestinians and Israelis near the Maale Adumim settlement.
“The security cabinet approved last night defence minister Israel Katz’s proposal for the construction… of a new road network in the Maale Adumim area,” the office said in a statement, referring to the large settlement east of Jerusalem, home to more than 40,000 people.
The project “will thus improve traffic flow and strengthen transportation infrastructure between Jerusalem, Maale Adumim and the eastern Binyamin region, allowing for the continued development of settlements in the E1 area,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying.