# Israel opens tenders for controversial West Bank settlement project

https://mins.news/en/item/26427

- BBC News, 2026-08-19 15:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly50gn1e54o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Israel has opened tenders for 1,234 settlement homes in the strategically important E1 area of the occupied West Bank. Critics say the project would divide the territory, isolate East Jerusalem and severely undermine prospects for a Palestinian state and a two-state solution. Bids close days before Israel’s general election, making cancellation harder for a future government.

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