Israeli authorities issued two new tenders for the construction of 91 settlement units in the northern occupied West Bank and revised the timetable for another settlement tender east of Jerusalem, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement on Thursday, as reported by Anadolu Agency.

Source: Anadolu Agency via Storysh

The commission said the two tenders cover land in the Oranit settlement, which it describes as built on land in the Qalqilya governorate. The 91 units are divided among seven compounds: the first tender covers four compounds for 86 multi-storey housing units, and the second covers three compounds for five low-rise units.

Bidding is scheduled to open on November 16 and close on December 29, the commission said. The Palestine Chronicle also reported the new tenders and the E1 rescheduling on November 5, in coverage that paired the announcement with the UN's condemnation of settler seizures of Palestinian homes in Jericho.

Source: The Palestine Chronicle

The E1 timetable, revised again

The commission also said Israel revised the timetable for Tender No. 460/2025, related to the E1 project east of Jerusalem. The reports available did not give the new dates. E1 is one of the most contested settlement plans in the West Bank: the wider project, given final approval in August 2025, envisages 3,401 housing units on about 12 square kilometres between Jerusalem and the Ma'ale Adumim settlement, and its first construction tender covered 1,234 units in seven complexes.

Seven governments — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom — jointly urged Israel to retract the E1 tender, saying it would drive a wedge through the West Bank, harm the territorial contiguity of the Palestinian Territories and undermine the two-state solution, and restating that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, a position reaffirmed by the UN Security Council.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on October 19, the original E1 bid deadline, that the UK had created new powers allowing it to sanction individuals and companies involved in building settlements such as E1, and urged businesses not to bid. Settlement monitors had earlier noted that the decision on awarding the E1 bids was not to be considered until after Israel's October 27 elections.

Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The tender news follows the UN's condemnation of settlers seizing eight Palestinian homes in Jericho — read that report here: Settlers seize eight homes in Jericho, UN condemns

What happens next

The Oranit bidding window runs from November 16 to December 29, according to the commission. No Israeli government response to the commission's statement was included in the reports available at the time of writing. Palestinian officials say continued tendering entrenches settlements that most of the international community considers illegal; Israel disputes that characterisation of settlements generally, though it made no statement on these two tenders in the available reporting.