Israel advances condemned settlement plan

Israel’s plans to open tenders for 1,200 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank’s E1 area are drawing fresh Western condemnation over fears the project could undermine hopes for a two-state solution

Palestinian localities
Israeli settlements

Jerusalem
Old City
Maale Adumim
Jerusalem municipal boundary
Planned barrier
Existing barrier
Ramallah
Jerusalem
Armistice Line, 1949
Bethlehem
ISRAEL
WEST BANK
WEST BANK
GAZA
JORDAN
LEBANON
ISRAEL
EGYPT
E1

50 miles
80km
1.2 miles
2km

UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada call project “unacceptable” and urge Israel to “retract plans immediately”

Sources: Reuters, BBC, Peace Now
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