US lawmakers seek sanctions for Israel’s ‘E1’ West Bank settlement plan
- Project would effectively cleave Palestinian territory in half and has prompted widespread international condemnation.
- A group of lawmakers in the United States Senate are seeking sanctions against facilitators of Israel’s controversial “E1” settlement programme.
- The legislation, set to be introduced on Wednesday, calls for punitive actions against individuals and groups that support the settlement project, which would link the Ma’ale Adumim and other illegal Israeli settlements to occupied East Jerusalem.
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- Project would effectively cleave Palestinian territory in half and has prompted widespread international condemnation.
- A group of lawmakers in the United States Senate are seeking sanctions against facilitators of Israel’s controversial “E1” settlement programme.
- The legislation, set to be introduced on Wednesday, calls for punitive actions against individuals and groups that support the settlement project, which would link the Ma’ale Adumim and other illegal Israeli settlements to occupied East Jerusalem.
Sources: Al Jazeera