UK condemns Israel's E1 settlement expansion in occupied West Bank

UK condemns Israel's E1 settlement expansion in occupied West Bank Britain's foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has criticised Israel's move this week to launch a construction tender for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank as an "unacceptable and destructive act". Miliband indicated that he made it clear to the Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar that the "Israeli Government must halt E1 plans immediately, retract the tender and stop all settlement expansion". "The impact of settler violence and terrorism has been catastrophic for Palestinian communities.