Israel announced the new tender date for 2 thousand 167 houses in the illegal E1 settlement project

In a joint written statement made by Israeli human rights organizations Ir Amim, Bimkom and Peace Now, it was stated that the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Settlement announced the new date of the tender on November 5.

In the statement, it was noted that the bidding process will start on December 1 and end on December 28.

In the statement, it was stated that a new government is not expected to be established by that date and that the current government wants to accelerate the E1 project as much as possible during this time it is in power.

It was pointed out that 2 days before the new date of the tender was announced (November 3), the houses belonging to a Palestinian Bedouin community in the area covered by the tender were demolished and new demolition orders were issued.

It was stated that these demolitions were in the nature of preparations before the tender process started.

It was stated that another tender for the construction of 1,234 houses in the same area was opened on August 18, and the bidding period ended on October 19, just before the elections in Israel.

It was reminded that the bid evaluation process in this tender was postponed to 19 November upon the instruction of Chief Public Prosecutor Gali Baharav-Miara in order to prevent it from being used for election propaganda purposes.

Israeli authorities planned to start accepting bids on October 25 for the construction of 2,167 residential units within the E1 project, in addition to the 1,234 units offered under a separate tender in August.

However, Chief Public Prosecutor Gali Baharav-Miara had decided to postpone the deadline for the E1 settlement project construction tender by one month on September 27.

E1 Project

The Israeli administration had frozen the "E1 Project", which was said to prevent the establishment of the State of Palestine, due to pressure from previous US administrations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the "E1 Project" in September 2025, which will effectively divide the occupied West Bank into two.

In violation of its commitment regarding the "E1" Jewish settlement project, the Israeli government published the first tender announcement for 1,234 houses without prior notice to the objecting parties.

Israel's tender announcement caused international reactions.

As a reaction, 12 Western countries decided to ban trade with Israeli settlements that usurped occupied Palestinian lands, while some of them declared their intention to do so.

With Israel's E1 Project, it aims to effectively divide the West Bank into two and cut off the connection between occupied East Jerusalem and the Palestinian lands in the West Bank.