Israel's plan for settlements in the West Bank is "unacceptable"
The Israeli Government launched this week a public tender for the construction of seven residential complexes with 1,234 dwellings in the E1 area in the West Bank
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The Israeli Government launched this week a public tender for the construction of seven residential complexes with 1,234 dwellings in zone E1, in the West Bank, part of an expansion plan approved in August 2025, which provides for the construction of 3,400 dwellings. Guterres spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stressed that the Secretary-General urged Israel to "abstain further measures in this regard and to act in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024". In addition, it ensured that the Community bloc remains "committed with a just and lasting peace based on the two-state solution", in a publication where it annexed the communiqué of a dozen countries, including Spain, Canada and the United Kingdom, condemning the expansion of settlements, which, they recalled, is "illegal" under international law.
Furthermore, The project has also received opposition from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who stated that expansion "would have serious consequences for the territorial integrity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and represent an existential threat to the solution of two states". We have been opposed to this measure for a long time," said Ursula von der Leyen on social media. "The Israeli Government's decision to publish competitions for the construction of the E1 settlement project is unacceptable.
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The Israeli Government launched this week a public tender for the construction of seven residential complexes with 1,234 dwellings in zone E1, in the West Bank, part of an expansion plan approved in August 2025, which provides for the construction of 3,400 dwellings.
reliability low1/3 sourcesGuterres spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stressed that the Secretary-General urged Israel to "abstain further measures in this regard and to act in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024".
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn addition, it ensured that the Community bloc remains "committed with a just and lasting peace based on the two-state solution", in a publication where it annexed the communiqué of a dozen countries, including Spain, Canada and the United Kingdom, condemning the expansion of settlements, which, they recalled, is "illegal" under international law.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe project has also received opposition from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who stated that expansion "would have serious consequences for the territorial integrity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and represent an existential threat to the solution of two states".
reliability low1/3 sourcesWe have been opposed to this measure for a long time," said Ursula von der Leyen on social media.
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"The Israeli Government's decision to publish competitions for the construction of the E1 settlement project is unacceptable.
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