Israel’s E1 plan has triggered fierce international opposition, with critics claiming it could make a future Palestinian state impossible.
But the history and geography are more complicated.
In today’s Middle East Brief, Avi Kaner explains what E1 is, why its location between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim matters, what the 2003 Geneva Initiative actually proposed, and why previous peace plans envisioned major Israeli population centers remaining part of Israel through negotiated land swaps.
A look beyond the headlines at one of the most consequential territorial debates in Israel today.
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