In a statement, the entity criticized the initiative known as Route 45 because it will consolidate annexation plans for Palestinian lands north and east of Jerusalem.

This construction is being carried out in parallel with massive expansions of ring roads extending from the Hizma military checkpoint to the Ayoun al-Haramiya area, it warned.

The objective is to create a connected and transversal road network that serves the settlements and strengthens Israeli control over this area of ​​the West Bank, it emphasized.

Last week, the Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements condemned an Israeli announcement regarding the construction of 3,401 homes for Jews in the so-called E1 Corridor, a measure that effectively bisects the West Bank.

Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, head of the institution, warned that the Israel Land Authority issued a major tender to erect apartment blocks in that area, despite the global condemnation of Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

The Commission recently reported that Israeli security forces and settlers carried out 23,827 attacks against citizens and their property in the West Bank in 2025.

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