Current sectionHaaretz ExplainsShare 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 formatSubscribeA view of the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim. Credit: Itay CohenBuilding plans in the West Bank area east of Jerusalem have been delayed by successive Israeli governments since the 1990s. Now, Israel is moving ahead with construction, which could divide Palestinian territory and threaten a future Palestinian stateLinda Dayan 07:05 PM • August 30 2026 IDTE1 is a small stretch of land – about 12 square kilometers (4.6 square miles) – within Area C, the part of the West Bank under full Israeli civil and security control. Most of it has been declared Israeli state land, and is sparsely populated, dotted with Palestinian towns and villages. The "E" in E1 stands for east – as in east of Jerusalem – and the "1" designates this particular area, which lies between Jerusalem and the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlementsArea E1West BankEast JerusalemTwo-state solutionIsrael-PalestineCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankChief RabbiGaza Militias El-Sayed NetanyahuOfer WinterRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastTwo Israeli Teens Charged With Spying for Iran, Photographing Shopping MallsAfter Weeks of Attacks, Palestinian Family Evicted by Order Applying to SettlersMasked Israeli Settlers Attack NBC News Crew in West BankWhat Was Mexico's Ex-president Doing at Israel's Biggest Pop Star's Wedding?Why a Planned Mikveh Has Tel Aviv Residents WorriedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes