以色列计划在被占领的西岸E1地区招标建造1,234套定居点住房，投标截止日期为10月19日1。英国、法国、德国、意大利和加拿大发表联合声明，称该决定"不可接受"，并敦促以色列立即撤回计划1。联合国秘书长和比利时外长也表示该项目对建立连贯的巴勒斯坦国构成"生存威胁"1。
这一招标涉及的1,234套住房是以色列已获批3,401套中的部分，占地约12平方公里1。投标截止日期恰好在以色列10月27日大选前几天1。英国外交大臣埃德·米利班德因此遭到以色列外交部的"直接"驳斥1。自1967年中东战争后，以色列占领西岸和东耶路撒冷以来，已建约160个定居点，其中居住70万犹太人，约330万巴勒斯坦人也生活在该地区1。
Five Western nations have jointly issued a statement opposing Israel's plan to tender contracts for the construction of 1,234 housing units in the E1 region of the occupied West Bank 1. The UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada declared the decision "unacceptable" and urged Israel to immediately withdraw the plan 1. The construction project encompasses approximately 12 square kilometers and represents part of a larger approved development of 3,401 units in the area 1. The bidding deadline is set for October 19, occurring just days before Israel's general election on October 27 1.
The move has drawn criticism from international bodies as well. UN Secretary-General and Belgium's Foreign Minister have characterized the project as posing an "existential threat" to the establishment of a coherent Palestinian state 1. Israel's Foreign Ministry responded with what British Foreign Secretary David Lammy characterized as a "direct" rebuke to his criticism 1. Since occupying the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the 1967 Middle East war, Israel has established approximately 160 settlements housing around 700,000 Jewish residents, while approximately 3.3 million Palestinians also live in the territory 1.
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