44. 2020 年 5 月 6 日，以色列国防部长宣布打算推进在伯利恒以南称为 E2 的地区建造大约 7 000 个住房单元，作为 Efrat 定居点的组成部分。87 以色列 2004 年宣布该地区为国家土地，并于 2018 年 12 月将其分配用于定居点开发。88 这些住房建成后可能会分割西岸，使其南部四分五裂。89
44. On 6 May 2020, the Minister of Defence of Israel announced his intention to advance some 7,000 housing units south of Bethlehem, in the area known as E2, as part of the Efrat settlement.87 Israel declared the area State land in 2004 and allocated it for settlement development in December 2018.88 If constructed, it threatens to carve up the West Bank89 and fragment its southern part.