UK foreign minister says Israel's E1 settlement plan would be 'flagrant violation' of international law

UK foreign minister David Lammy said on Wednesday that Israel's planned settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank would constitute a breach of international law and risk dividing a future Palestinian state if implemented. 

Israel's sprawling E1 project is designed to bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem. It received final approval from a defence ministry planning commission on Wednesday. 

"If implemented, it would divide a Palestinian state in two, mark a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution," Lammy said in a post on X.