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Britain denounces Israel’s launch of tender for E1 settlement project, summons envoy
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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during a press conference with Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares at the Palacio de Viana in Madrid, Spain, July 29, 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband condemns Israel’s move this week to launch a tender for the E1 settlement project and summons the country’s chargé d’affaires.
The E1 settlement project is a widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state.
Miliband says he also made clear to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar that “the Israeli government must halt E1 plans immediately, retract the tender and stop all settlement expansion.”
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