Current sectionWest Bank NewsIsraeli building in E1 – condemned by over 30 countries across the globe, including many close allies of Jerusalem – is regarded as a tenable threat to the eventual establishment of a future Palestinian state because it will bisect the West BankShare 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 Rozovsky11:15 AM • August 24 2026 IDTThe Israeli government's tender last week for some 1,200 housing units in the West Bank's E1 area east of Jerusalem was issued suddenly and without advance notice, bypassing proper procedures despite an international outcry over the project.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlementsWest BankGreen LineUnited KingdomEuropean UnionCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesSyriaWest BankJonathan PollardNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastTreasury Secretary Bessent: Trump's 'Economic D-Day' on Iran to Begin at DawnIsrael's Former Labor Party Leader Announces Pancreatic Cancer DiagnosisThe Last Thing Israel Needs Is Another Leader Afraid to Say 'Palestinian State'The Ultimate Test: Can the IDF Chief Resist Netanyahu's Election-year War Push?After Deadly Blood Feud, East Jerusalem Palestinians Fear Rising 'Israelization'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?Israeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza Medics