Palestinians condemn Israeli step to advance illegal E1 settlement plan

UK summons Israel’s envoy after Israeli government issues tender for more than 1,200 housing units as part of the illegal E1 settlement project. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and the United Kingdom have condemned an Israeli decision to issue a tender for more than 1,200 new housing units in the occupied West Bank under Israel’s E1 settlement project.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), a PA government body affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), warned in a statement on Tuesday that advancing the plans would lead to confining Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to “disconnected enclaves surrounded by settlements”. Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries ahead of Israel’s general elections Palestine weekly: Global outcry fails to break West Bank siege Israeli settler children attack ambulance in occupied West Bank Israel’s E1 plan, approved by the government last year, aims to build more than 3,400 housing units on roughly 12sq km (4.6sq miles) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlements and outposts are illegal under international law.

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