Loading ...Israel issues tender to build over 3,400 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem
Palestinians warn building in E1 area could sever East Jerusalem from West Bank and undermine prospects for two-state solution
The E1 area is a strategic corridor in East Jerusalem that Israel plans to use to link the occupied city with nearby settlements, including Maale Adumim, through land confiscation and new construction, a plan Palestinians say would prevent natural Palestinian urban expansion.
Commission head Muayyad Shaaban said the tender by Israel’s Land Authority signals the effective launch of a project that had been formally frozen for nearly three decades due to international pressure, adding that approval procedures for the plan were completed in August 2025.
He said the move aims to fully separate Jerusalem from its Palestinian hinterland, fragment the West Bank and prevent Palestinian urban growth east of Jerusalem, fundamentally altering the city’s geographic and demographic landscape.