Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut West Bank in two

Israel has cleared the last hurdle earlier starting operation connected a arguable colony task adjacent Jerusalem that volition efficaciously chopped the West Bank into two, according to a authorities tender.

The tender, seeking bids from developers, would wide the mode to statesman operation of the E1 project.

The anti-settlement monitoring radical Peace Now archetypal reported the tender.

Yoni Mizrahi, who runs the group's colony ticker division, said operation could statesman wrong the month.

The E1 task is particularly contentious due to the fact that it runs from the outskirts of Jerusalem heavy into the occupied West Bank. Critics accidental it would forestall the constitution of a contiguous Palestinian authorities successful the territory.