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The Strategic E1 Corridor Is a Shield for Jerusalem
(JNS) Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein - Israel recently approved the construction of housing units in the strategic E1 corridor. The E1 corridor, connecting Jerusalem to the city of Maale Adumim, is a vital buffer against the encirclement of Israel's capital by a hostile Palestinian entity stretching from Ramallah to Bethlehem. Without it, Jerusalem risks becoming isolated and vulnerable, as it was between 1948 and 1967. E1 is a shield for Jerusalem and a message to Israel's enemies: this nation will not be divided or surrounded again. The Palestinian leadership has never renounced its jihadist vision. It never condemned the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. It continues its "pay-for-slay" policy that rewards terrorism. And now it proudly declares that thanks to Oct. 7, it is winning the war of opinion. Israel cannot trade its survival for international applause. The writer, a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, served as vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies.