# How Israel is expanding settlements to reshape the West Bank

https://mins.news/en/item/28836

- BBC News, 2026-08-21 19:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lq5g4dedpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Israel has sharply increased settlement building and road construction on Palestinian land it occupies. Plans to tender about 1,200 settlement homes in the strategically important E1 area east of Jerusalem have drawn condemnation from the UN, several European countries, Canada and the EU, with opponents warning the project could split the West Bank and obstruct a future Palestinian state.

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