Europe, Canada condemn Israeli plans for new West Bank settlement

The ‘unacceptable’ E1 plan carries ‘legal and reputational consequences’ for those participating, European nations warn.Published On 21 Aug 202621 Aug 2026Israeli plans to build a major new illegal settlement that would cleave the occupied West Bank in two have provoked widespread condemnation from around the world.In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and Norway called Israel’s opening of construction tenders for more than 1,200 housing units under the E1 settlement project “unacceptable” and in violation of “the territorial contiguity of the Palestinian Territories”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Palestinians, UK condemn Israel’s ‘destructive’ E1 settlement planlist 2 of 4Analysis: Israel’s government can’t disown West Bank settler violencelist 3 of 4Israel election pressure fuels settlement push as West Bank violence surgeslist 4 of 4‘Badge of honour’: Israeli settlers shrug off global condemnationend of listThe group warned of “legal and reputational consequences” for participants and urged Israel “to retract these plans immediately and end its expansion of settlements in the West Bank”.“Not o...