West Bank & Jerusalem
Israel accelerates settlement unit approvals in E1 project
West Bank & JerusalemGraphic: Times of Palestine
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Israel is fast-tracking procedures to advance 2,167 settlement units in the E1 project, according to Ma'an. The expansion plan represents one of the most contested settlement initiatives in the occupied West Bank.
E1, located between Jerusalem and Jericho, has long been viewed by Palestinians and the international community as a strategic corridor that would further fragment Palestinian territory and complicate the viability of a future Palestinian state.
