Gaza: The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission: The occupation authorities have approved three large plans for the Ma'ale Adumim colony, built on Palestinian lands east of occupied Jerusalem.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Chairman of the Commission, Minister Mu'ayyad Shaaban, stated that the recently approved plans aim to establish geographical contiguity between the colony and the Mishor Adumim industrial zone, further isolating the two colonies. These plans, initially submitted for approval in late 2024, have now been expedited, reflecting a push to impose facts on the ground around Jerusalem and further isolate the city through various colonial measures.
Shaaban elaborated that upon reviewing the maps and documents related to these plans, it was evident that the three plans, highlighted in red on the attached map, integrate to create a geographical link between the Ma'ale Adumim colony and the Mishor Adumim industrial zone, marked in yellow.
The details of the plans are as follows: The first master plan, numbered ©¥¹/1/59/7/1/420, for Ma'ale Adumim, involves constructing 1,113 new colonial units on 1,307 dunams of private land. The second plan, numbered ©¥¹/2/59/7/1/420, aims to build 944 colonial units on 680 dunams and is linked with the first plan. The third plan, also numbered ©¥¹/2/59/7/1/420, proposes 1,108 new units on 486 dunams, creating a geographic connection between Ma'ale Adumim and Mishor Adumim, built on private land between the Jerusalem, Jericho, and Jordan Valley governorates.
Shaaban further explained that these plans include the construction of a new colonial neighborhood and a road network that would tighten control over the main road, isolating communities such as Bir al-Maskub and Sneisel from those to the west of the colony and the road, as depicted on the map.
He noted that in 2024, 21 master plans for colonies outside the Jerusalem municipal boundaries were submitted, while in the first half of 2025, a total of 28 master plans were submitted for the same area, indicating an intensive and unprecedented targeting of the region.
