The Unraveling of International Consensus on Israeli Settlements The recent condemnation by Europe and Canada of Israel's plans for a new West Bank settlement, E1, marks a significant shift in the international community's stance towards Israel's settlement expansion.
For years, diplomatic efforts have been made to persuade Israel to abandon its ambitions to build more settlements, but these attempts have largely fallen on deaf ears.
The E1 plan would cleave the occupied West Bank in two and effectively sever its link to East Jerusalem.