Progressive Democrats press Biden on Israeli E1 settlement plans ahead of trip
29 lawmakers urge administration to make clear that project cutting off Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem from Ramallah and Bethlehem is a 'red line'
www.timesofisrael.com
Building in E-1 would link Jerusalem to a large settlement to its east, but essentially bisect the West Bank in two and make a contiguous Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital nearly impossible, critics say.
Palestinians would still be able to have a road between Bethlehem and Ramallah to the east of Ma'ale Adummim, no?