Malaysia denounces Israel's E1 settlement expansion in occupied West Bank

Malaysia denounces Israel's E1 settlement expansion in occupied West Bank Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is the latest politician to condemn an Israeli move this week to launch a construction tender for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank. "This tract of land east of Jerusalem has long been critical to the viability of a Palestinian state," he said, adding that building on it would "divide the West Bank and gravely undermine the prospect of a contiguous Palestinian homeland". The Malaysian p