Successive Israeli governments have been pursuing to establish new settlements in East Jerusalem over the last few years, aiming to create facts on the ground that will geographically lead for the separation of Palestinian villages and neighborhoods in East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. The new settlements that were announced recently are Givat HaMatos in the south, Atarot in the north, Givat Shaked in the West and adjacent to the “Green Line”, and E1 in the East. The construction in E1 area and the expansion of Ma'ale Adumim settlement will lead to cutting off the West Bank into two parts; South and North, which advances the segregation of the Palestinian communities and will end any territorial contiguity between Palestinian communities within West Bank.