Joint Statement from the Leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway and Canada on the E1 West Bank Settlement Plan

The Israeli Government’s decision to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project is unacceptable. The international community has long opposed this settlement expansion, and has voiced their grave concerns privately and publicly. The E1 settlement will undermine the prospect of the two-state solution by driving a wedge through the West Bank and harming the territorial contiguity of…