Abu Dhabi-based Muslim Council of Elders and Gulf Cooperation Council have condemned Israeli plans to build a so-called E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank and settlement activities east of occupied Jerusalem.

UAE, Saudi Arabia and six nations issue joint statement condemning Israel’s E1 settlement plan and warning it threatens a viable Palestinian state.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of Arab and Islamic countries, and a coalition of Western nations, including the European Commission, have strongly condemned Israel's…