Last fall we wrote to you warning of Israel’s plans to build in the area known as E-1. These plans have been
called “doomsday settlements” because they pose an irreconcilable challenge to a lasting peaceful solution
between Israel and the Palestinians by threatening the territorial contiguity necessary for a viable Palestinian
state. We asked you to contact your member of Congress to urge them to push the Biden administration to weigh in
and use diplomatic pressure to halt Israel’s approval process of E-1 settlements. With your help, we bolstered
congressional support for United States opposition to E-1 settlement construction and the Biden administration
successfully pressured the Israeli government. In a rare move, the Israeli government publicly acknowledged the
United States’ message and indefinitely postponed these plans.
Unfortunately, Israel has recently announced plans to move ahead with E-1 settlements once again, scheduling
the final hearing on the objections to the project for July 18th, just days after the President’s planned
visit.
We need your help again, and we’re running out of time. Congress must reiterate its
opposition to settlement construction in E-1. The Biden administration must use every diplomatic tool
at its disposal to prevent these devastating plans and ensure that this time, the message
sticks.
Click here to ask your member of Congress to join Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
in urging the State Department to say no to settlement construction in E-1:
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