{
  "id": 2400662,
  "title": "Middle Eastern powers condemn Israeli settlement policies, reject 'E1' West Bank plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/middle-eastern-powers-condemn-israeli-settlement-policies-reject-e1",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T16:09:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/middle-eastern-powers-condemn-israeli-settlement-plans-reject-e1-west"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a joint statement, foreign ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have condemned Israel's settlement policies in Palestinian territories and rejected the Israeli construction plan known as E1 in the occupied West Bank. The ministers emphasized their call for immediate action to halt the E1 settlement plan, rescind all measures associated with it, and cease all settlement activities and other measures that aim to alter the geographic and demographic character of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. They described the plan as a \"dangerous escalation\" that further advances settlement expansion and the annexation of Palestinian lands.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}