Is Israel about to split the occupied West Bank in half?

Israel is moving forward with its ‘E1’ plan. What is it and why could it threaten the future of a Palestinian state?

Two Palestinians were killed Friday in the West Bank, one in Jenin, in the north, by Israeli army gunfire, and the other in the southern part of the territory by a settler, according to Palestinian sources and the army.

A Palestinian-American has returned to his home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra to protect it from Israeli settlers, amid a surge in attacks and settlement expansion.

A Palestinian Lies Paralyzed, While the Settler Who Shot Him Remains on the Hill  Haaretz

UK MP renews call to ban Israeli goods produced in occupied West Bank settlements MEE staff on Sat, 08/22/2026 - 04:01 Emily Thornberry said the level of settler violence is the 'worst we have ever seen' Thornberry said the Israeli government is doing its best to try to extinguish the hope

There has been a significant expansion of building and road construction on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in recent years.

Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory

Palestinian Americans are raising US flags over their homes in the West Bank, hoping Washington will protect them from Israeli army and settler attacks.

France, Italy, Britain and Germany on Thursday piled on mounting international condemnation of a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area.

France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands have issued a joint statement calling Israel's decision to publish tenders for construction in the so-called E1 area of the Palestinian West Bank 'unacceptable,' warning it would effectively split the occupied territory in two.

France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands have issued a joint statement calling Israel's decision to publish tenders for construction in the so-called E1 area of the Palestinian West Bank 'unacceptable,' warning it would effectively split the occupied territory in two.

But there is another simpler word for what is happening in parts of the West Bank, and we should not be afraid to use it. On the contrary, we have an obligation to use it. It is “terrorism.”

Head of foreign affairs select committee urges government to adopt ban amid rising settler violence, after foreign secretary rebukes Israel over construction tender It is a national scandal that survivors of terrorist attacks are still being “mistreated and neglected”, campaigners have said as the UK marked the first d

The Netherlands, together with a group of other countries, has condemned Israel’s decision to open bidding for its highly controversial E1 construction project, expanding its illegal sett

Netanyahu's reliance on his hard-right allies could all but end any hopes for a Palestinian state

Key European leaders demand Israel halt West Bank settlement project  Arab News

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.

The UN has said the E1 plan posed an “existential threat” to a contiguous Palestinian state.

Israel sharply criticized the UK after London voiced opposition to the Jewish state’s support for settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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.

France, Italy, Britain and Germany criticised Israel’s plan to build more than 1,200 homes in the West Bank, calling for the plans to be withdrawn and settlement expansion to end.

Six European leaders decried Israel’s latest plan to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank as “unacceptable” and called on companies to refrain from bidding on construction tenders.

The E1 plan was green-lit by Israel last year and would further separate east Jerusalem, occupied and annexed by Israel and predominantly inhabited by Palestinians, from the West Bank.

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband said UK would soon announce moves to respond to Israeli government policies, protect the viability of the Palestinian state and ‘target sanctions at those who participate in illegal settlement expansion’

The Foreign Secretary branded it an 'unacceptable and destructive act' for the Israeli government to publish a tender for the E1 settlement project.

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday slammed a demand by the UK government to halt a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area. Britain said it had summoned Israel's charge d'affairs over the E1 plan, which was gre