Palestinians condemn Israeli step to advance illegal E1 settlement plan

Israeli government issues tender for more than 1,200 housing units as part of illegal E1 settlement project.Published On 19 Aug 202619 Aug 2026The Palestinian Authority (PA) has condemned an Israeli decision to issue a tender for more than 1,200 new housing units in the occupied West Bank under its E1 settlement project.The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), a PA government body affiliated with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), warned in a statement on Tuesday that advancing the plans would lead to the confining of Palestinians in the West Bank to “disconnected enclaves surrounded by settlements”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries ahead of Israel’s general electionslist 2 of 3Palestine weekly: Global outcry fails to break West Bank siegelist 3 of 3Israeli settler children attack ambulance in occupied West Bankend of listIsrael’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 West Bank. Israeli settlements and outposts are illegal under international law.The plan would link thousands of settlements in...