EU opfordrer Israel til at stoppe omstridt bosætterprojekt

The European Union is calling on Israel to cease its controversial settlement expansion plans in the E1 area, a move that would further fragment the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem. The EU's foreign service issued a statement emphasizing that implementing the E1 plan would effectively split the West Bank in two.

This division, the statement argues, would significantly undermine the prospects for a viable two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU reiterated its consistent position that all Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including those in the E1 territory, are unlawful according to international law.

Israel approved the plans for the approximately 12-square-kilometer E1 land tract in August of the previous year. The project aims to construct around 3,400 housing units between the existing Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim and East Jerusalem. The initiative has already drawn condemnation from the United Nations and several European nations, highlighting the international opposition to the expansion.

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Israels bosættelser på Vestbredden, herunder i E1-området, er ulovlige i henhold til international ret.