# France, Germany, UK and Italy condemn Israel’s ‘E1’ West Bank settlement project

https://mins.news/en/item/27651

- France 24, 2026-08-20 18:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260820-france-germany-uk-italy-slam-israel-illegal-e1-west-bank-settler-project

> France, Germany, the UK and Italy condemned Israel’s decision to open bids for a planned settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The sprawling E1 development would further sever Palestinian-majority east Jerusalem from the West Bank; the report describes it, like all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, as illegal under international law.

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