Israel plans to start work next month on a bypass that will close off the heart of the occupied West Bank to Palestinians and cement the de facto annexation of an area critical for the viability of a future Palestinian state. The road is a key part of the blueprint for a vast illegal new settlement in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, which would fragment the occupied West Bank. The far-right Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said the plans were intended to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

Israel poised to start construction of bypass through heart of West Bank

Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank

No problem when it's Israel shooting people down. No problem. Carry on the work. But if it's in the US or Iran, then the global media, the UN and Europeans all meddle and make a fuss.