In an unusually direct warning, the governments also urged private companies not to participate in the Israeli tenders.

'The Jewish people have the right to live throughout the Land of Israel, just as the British have the right to live in London and throughout the United Kingdom,' Sa’ar said.

International pressure is the main reason construction at E1 has not moved forward since it was first proposed in 1994 by then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Is illegal construction taking place in Israel, including Judea and Samaria? If so, who is responsible?