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About This Map
Plan E1 is a settlement project in an area east of Jerusalem inside the
West Bank. Construction was approved in August, after being frozen for decades due to U.S. objections.
Israeli bypass roads are the ones that only Israeli-licensed vehicles
(including vehicles belonging to Palestinians with Jerusalem residence permits) are allowed to use.
Planned bypass or “fabric of life” roads are solely for West Bank Palestinians. On 29 March, the Israeli
cabinet authorised a bypass road designated exclusively for West
Bank Palestinians to allow seamless connection of Israel’s own road system in occupied territory and set the
stage for the E1 settlement. Together, the road and the east-west extension of Israeli settlements will in
effect cleave the West Bank in two, making it easy for Israel to block Palestinians’ travel between north
and south, as well as further isolating both parts of the West Bank from the large Palestinian population of
East Jerusalem.
Settlements in the West Bank that were officially established by
the government (East Jerusalem excluded).
Outposts are new settlements that were largely established by
extremist settlers since the 1990s without government approval and are considered illegal even according to
Israeli law.
Area A (18%): Palestinian Authority.
Area B (22%): Palestinian Authority, shared security control with Israel.