The author backs the OIC’s condemnation of Israel’s latest E1 tender: 1,234 units as part of a 3,401-unit plan between East Jerusalem and Maale Adumim—treated as a map-changer that would split the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem, as the EU and long-running UN warnings have said.

A 2026 OCHA note is cited: 18 Bedouin/herding communities (~4,000 people) in the plan’s path; UNSC 2334, occupation law, and ICJ language are invoked so housing is not treated as a vacuum.

Western joint statements and eight Arab/Islamic FMs (including Pakistan) rejected the tender; the piece says statements without cost have not stopped settlement facts and wants the tender withdrawn so two-state geography is not built away.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was right to treat Israel’s latest E1 tender as more than another housing announcement. The OIC condemnation covers a tender for 1234 settlement units in the E1 area east of occupied East Jerusalem, and the details of those tenders indicate that these units are part of a larger plan of 3401 units. The strategic importance of E1 is outstanding since it is located between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim. Building there is not simply about expanding a settlement. It is about reshaping the territorial map on which any future Palestinian state would have to exist.

That is why the reaction has extended far beyond the OIC. The European Union warning says implementation would divide the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem, while the project has faced international opposition for years because of its potential effect on Palestinian territorial continuity, as documented in reporting on the E1........

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