Israel approves major settlement project dividing occupied West Bank, isolating East Jerusalem – Middle East Monitor

Israel has given final approval to a highly contested settlement project that would divide the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.

The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration, a department under Israel’s Defense Ministry, approved the so-called E1 project, which includes the building of more than 3,400 settler homes between Jerusalem and the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank, The Times of Israel news…