06/10/2026

16.00 The Conservative Middle East Council

Hyatt Regency Birmingham : Drawing Room

Making Peace Impossible? The West Bank E1 Development and its implications for regional peace

Professor Yossi Mekelberg (Chatham House, Senior Consulting Fellow, MENA Programme)
Zizette Darkazally (Chatham House, Associate Fellow MENA programme)
Chaired by The Rt. Hon. Kit Malthouse MP (Chairman, The Conservative Middle East Council, Member of Parliament)

The E1 development, deemed illegal under international law, effectively makes a two state solution in Israel-Palestine impossible. What are the implications of this for regional peace, and the security of both Palestinian and Israeli people? What will the elections in Israel hold for Netanyahu, and will this change the trajectory of an ever-more territorially ambitious Israel?