Israel opens up bids for highly sensitive West Bank settlement project
Human Rights Watch says the tender could expose bidders to war crimes liability and deepen the split between northern and southern West Bank communities.
- Israel has invited bids for construction of over 1,200 homes in the E1 area of the West Bank, as part of a larger plan for about 3,400 homes, despite long-standing international opposition.
- The E1 area lies between East Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim and is strategically important because settlement there could disrupt Palestinian territorial continuity and hinder the viability of a future Palestinian state.
- Several countries, including Britain, have condemned the project as unacceptable, urging Israel to halt the plans and warning it threatens the two-state solution.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar rejected international criticism, asserting Jewish historical rights to the land and accusing critics of ignoring Palestinian extremism and fostering biased condemnation.
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The bidding plan for the construction of 1,234 housing units in the E1 area surrounding Jerusalem culminates a project cherished by Israeli governments of every sign. What changes now is the impunity with which Israel could carry it out.
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According to a report from Gulf News, foreign ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye and Egypt have issued a blistering joint condemnation of Israel’s E1 settlement plan, warning that the project represents a dangerous escalation that threatens to destroy any remaining chance for a viable Palestinian state. The […]
Seven Western countries, including the Netherlands, have strongly criticized a new illegal Israeli settlement that cuts the occupied Palestinian West Bank in two. Israel has already been in a bad light lately, due to violence by settlers and statements by Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Israel is burying two-state solution with settlement plan that divides West Bank
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime advanced an internationally condemned settlement plan in the occupied West Bank that could split the territory and “bury” the possibility of a two-state solution.
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