Israel’s “Cursed Roads”: New Infrastructure Plan in West Bank Accelerates Silent Annexation
A $3.1 Billion Road Network Aims to Fragment Palestinian Territories and Cement Israeli Settlements, Threatening the Two-State Solution.
Watan-In a highly dangerous development, Israel is rapidly advancing a massive infrastructure plan in the West Bank—presented as road development but designed to deepen settler control and eliminate the Palestinian dream of an independent state.
The plan, recently revealed, involves constructing hundreds of kilometers of new roads that connect illegal settlements to Israeli cities within the 1948 borders. Observers have described it as the “official burial” of the two-state solution.
What makes this project particularly dangerous is its transformation of Palestinian cities and villages into isolated “islands,” severing geographic continuity and preventing social and urban cohesion among Palestinian communities. This concern was raised by the Office for Land Defense and Settlement Resistance, which warned that the plan creates a near-irreversible reality and renders opposition to annexation almost impossible.
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Israel’s government has allocated over 3.1 billion shekels for the project, reflecting its serious political intent. With the number of settlers in the West Bank currently estimated at around 770,000, Israel aims to cement the presence of 1 million settlers through these new road networks.
These roads are not mere infrastructure—they are instruments of annexation and control, meticulously designed to impose Israeli sovereignty and fragment Palestinian geography. While the project isn’t new, its acceleration is enabled by international silence and global distraction with other conflicts.
Palestinians are now asking: Who will stop Israel? When will the world act against this “silent annexation”? Activists call the network the “cursed roads” leading to a reality of apartheid.
With every new road, another door to a Palestinian state closes, and the path to permanent occupation grows longer.
