Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“A rights groups says the Israeli government is forging ahead with a contentious [squat] expansion plan that would effectively divide the occupied West Bank, a plan long criticized as a threat to the viability of a future Palestinian state. On Wednesday, Israeli rights group Ir Amim said Israel’s government will open the bidding for an additional 2,167 units in a [squat] project that would effectively cut the West Bank in two. … [Squat] development in this open tract of land east of Jerusalem known as E1 is especially contentious because it runs from the outskirts of Jerusalem deep into the occupied West Bank.” (09/18/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/west-bank-israel-elimination-project-settlements-9.7349605