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Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union, spoke out sharply against the Israeli government and the settlement policy in the West Bank. The condemnation came against the backdrop of an Israeli tender for the construction of 1,234 housing units in the E1 area. "We call on the government of Israel to withdraw the tender," the Commissioner said.

After the new British Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, expressed firm opposition to the plan for building housing units in the area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, the chairman of the Religious Zionism party went on the offensive. "The British Mandate in Eretz Yisrael has ended," Smotrich declared, while also challenging Gadi Eisenkot.

It is urgent to connect Ma'ale Adumim to Jerusalem while the Trump administration allows it, and before a potential 'change' government halts the process. This is vital to prevent the emergence of another Gaza on Jerusalem's outskirts and to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state.