Why Israeli tenders for illegal E1 West Bank settlement prompted outrage

Experts say the project would partition the occupied West Bank, making the prospect of Palestinian statehood impossible.

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

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.

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

THE UK will set out “comprehensive” measures to protect the viability of the Palestinian state amid an escalating threat from Israel, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said ...

Israeli plans to build on the area east of Jerusalem - which would divide the occupied West Bank in two - have long been internationally condemned.