Derived from “East 1” and also known as Mevaseret Adumim. An area within Ma’aleh Adumim, the largest Jewish Israeli settlement in the central West Bank. Located just east of the Jerusalem municipal boundary and bordering the Palestinian towns of Anata, Abu Dis, Azariya and Zayim. E1 covers approximately 12 sq. km and includes enclaves of private, Palestinian-owned land. In 2004, non-government-sanctioned construction began in E1, which was later halted by pressure from the United States and the international community. Despite objections that building in E1 violated both international law and the terms of the 2003 Road Map to peace, Israel drew up plans in 2005 for over 3,000 residential buildings in E1 and later moved the West Bank (Judea & Samaria) Police Headquarters to the area. Although residential construction has not yet begun, the E1 building plans do not mention the Palestinian land enclaves and Israel has already built several roads within those enclaves. Supporters of E1 construction often site the natural growth needs of Ma’aleh Adumim as well as the need to create a contiguous and undivided Jerusalem area, while critics decry the construction as pushing out Palestinians and taking East Jerusalem off the negotiating table as a future Palestinian capital. For criticism of the E1 construction, see Shalev, Nir. The Hidden Agenda: The Establishment and Expansion Plans of Ma’ale Adummim and their Human Rights Ramifications. December 2009. B’Tselem and Bimkom. 30 June 2011. http://www.btselem.org/download/200912_maale_adummim_eng.pdf. For a pro-E1 construction perspective, see Stoil, Rebecca Ann. “Rivlin: No peace without E-1 building.” Jerusalem Post. 10 August 2009. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418568130&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/e1