E1 begins on the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives and runs along the road towards Ma’aleh Adumim. Every Israeli prime minister since Yitzhak Rabin has planned and promised to build there for salient reasons: municipal and strategic imperatives that only have grown with time.

E1 project aims to split West Bank into 2 parts, cutting off northern cities of Ramallah and Nablus from Bethlehem and Hebron in south - Anadolu Ajansı

I wouldn’t tell the British where to build in London,” the Israeli ambassador said. “We see E1 as part of greater Jerusalem.”The post Hotovely to UK: ‘Don’t tell us where

In a reversal of past US policy, the State Department backed the E1 project connecting Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, calling it essential to Israel’s stability and regional peace.

There are six key reasons why building E1 is key for the future of Jerusalem, Israel's security, and diplomatic sanity.