Countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement tender in West Bank

Israel is being urged to end plans to construct a settlement in the occupied West Bank that would effectively divide the Palestinian territory in two.

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.

France, Germany, UK and Italy condemn Israel's 'E1' West Bank settlement plan France, Germany, Britain and Italy condemned on Thursday plans by Israel to launch a construction tender for the E1 settlement project called 'E1' in the occupied West Bank.  "The decision by the Israeli government to publish bid offers

Helen Corbett, Press Association Political Correspondent Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has issued a rebuke to Israel after it published a tender for construction of a settlement in the occupied West Bank, calling it an “unacceptable and destructive act”. He said the UK would not “stand back and accept the destruction o

'Unacceptable and destructive' • U.K. condemns 'unacceptable' Israeli E1 settlement tender, summons envoy  Haaretz