8 nations condemn Israeli settlement expansion and E1 project

Foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia voiced their categorical condemnation of Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territory, rejecting the E1 settlement plan and related activities east of occupied East Jerusalem. In a joi

Belgium condemns Israel’s E1 settlement expansion Belgium has condemned Israel’s decision to advance settlement construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, warning that the project would further fragment Palestinian territory. In a joint statement issued on Friday, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ita

Israel's plans to open up tenders for the construction of some 1,200 settlement homes in a strategically important part of the occupied West Bank have sparked fresh condemnation by major Western powers.

European countries and Canada pile on pressure over Israel's plans to expand settlements in a strategically vital part of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli plans to press ahead with the controversial E1 development would effectively break the West Bank in two and make Palestinian statehood impossible, according to critics of the project.

U.K., Germany, France urge Israel to scrap E1 settlement plans in West Bank  Haaretz