The European Commission has joined 14 countries in calling on Israel to withdraw construction tenders for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, warning that the plan would undermine prospects for a two-state solution.

European officials warn that building in E1 poses 'an existential threat to the two-state solution', but some fear punitive steps before Israel's October 27 election could…

Brussels reportedly devised list of sanctions -- said to cover academics, commerce and security -- for use if construction begins in area seen as key to future Palestinian state