France, Germany, UK and Italy slam Israel's 'E1' West Bank settler project

France, Germany, ​Britain and Italy condemned plans by Israel to open up construction tenders for a ​major residential property project for Israeli settlers dubbed "E1" in the occupied West Bank. "At a time of grave instability in the West Bank with unprecedented levels of violence by settlers against civilians, and serious restrictions on the Palestinian economy, this decision is even more concerning," the joint statement from Paris, Rome, Berlin and London said. More and more Christian families pressured to leave the West Bank by Israeli settlers To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:48 "We urge the Government of Israel to retract these plans immediately and end its expansion of settlements in the West Bank," it added, warning businesses against bidding for the construction tenders at risk of "involving themselves in serious breaches of international law". Hundreds of ​thousands of Israelis have settled among millions of Palestinians in the Pal...