Current sectionWest Bank NewsIsrael recently issued a tender for the construction of about 1,200 housing units in E1, a strategically contested area in the West Bank. The tender is part of a plan approved last year for 3,401 housing units in the areaShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeLiza Rozovsky09:28 AM • August 20 2026 IDTBritain on Wednesday summoned the Israeli chargé d'affaires in protest of the Netanyahu government's publication of a tender for the E1 settlement project in the central West Bank, strongly condemning the decision.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:United KingdomWest BankIsrael settlementsIsrael settlersCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesFlorida DemocratsIranLikudNetanyahuJared KushnerWest BankYehuda KatzPollHaaretz PodcastU.K. Condemns 'Unacceptable' Israeli E1 Settlement Tender, Summons EnvoyIran Says Trump's Economic Threats 'Will Only Bring Further Defeat' to U.S.U.S. Provides $206 Million for Gaza Force Despite Deadlocked Peace Plan'The Lowest of Lows': New York Warns Holocaust Survivors of Restitution ScamArab Parties Had No Choice but to Team Up. Can They Translate Unity Into Votes?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest Lies'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'The American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer Exists