Israel opens up bids for highly-sensitive West Bank settlement project
The deadline for bids is days before Israel's October's general election, making it much harder for any future government to overturn any tenders issued. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.Despite the fierce international opposition, successive Israeli governments have allowed settlements to grow. Many of its allies and Palestinians argued these would deal a major blow to hopes of a two-state solution, effectively bisecting the West Bank.
- ▪The deadline for bids is days before Israel's October's general election, making it much harder for any future government to overturn any tenders issued.
- ▪An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.Despite the fierce international opposition, successive Israeli governments have allowed settlements to grow.
- ▪Many of its allies and Palestinians argued these would deal a major blow to hopes of a two-state solution, effectively bisecting the West Bank.
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Israel opens up bids for highly-sensitive West Bank settlement projectImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, File photo of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank next to the so-called E1 project in East Jerusalem, taken in February 2026ByYolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Reporting fromJerusalemPublished19 August 2026, 16:50 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoIsrael has opened up tenders for the construction of some 1,200 settlement homes in a strategically important part of the occupied West Bank, as the government seeks to end any chance of a Palestinian state.Plans to build on the so-called E1 area - east of Jerusalem - have long been internationally condemned.The development would in effect divide the West Bank in two and isolate East Jerusalem.
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