"Capitalizing on the inaction of the international community, which failed to apply meaningful pressure on Israel to halt its genocidal war in Gaza, the Israeli state has fast-tracked its efforts to carve up the West Bank through land grabs, home demolitions, and the mass expulsion of Palestinians. The purpose of the E1 project has always been clear; as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said last August, it is intended to "bury the idea of a Palestinian state.""
"Thousands of miles away, protesters gathered in the New York neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens, to demonstrate against an event advertising land sales in the occupied Palestinian territories. The event was hosted at the Young Israel synagogue of Kew Gardens Hills, in keeping with a broader pattern of settler recruitment fairs and real estate events hosted at synagogues and Jewish communal institutions across New York and New Jersey."
"A viral video from the demonstration, which depicted protesters chanting in support of the Palestinian political faction Hamas, quickly commanded the headlines. Newly-elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the chants, stating that they "have no place in our city." Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also registered their outrage at the protesters' language. None saw fit to address the rhetoric used by pro-Israel counterprotesters,"
Israeli authorities issued a tender in early January to build over 3,400 new illegal settlements in the E1 corridor linking East Jerusalem's settlement ring to Ma'ale Adumim. The Israeli state accelerated land grabs, home demolitions, and mass expulsions, exploiting international inaction amid the war in Gaza, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stating the project is meant to "bury the idea of a Palestinian state." In New York, protesters gathered outside a Young Israel synagogue event advertising land sales in the occupied territories, prompting viral footage, official condemnations, and unaddressed violent rhetoric from pro-Israel counterprotesters.
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