Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively ...

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that could cut the occupied West Bank effectively in ...

Israel on Wednesday gave final approval for a long-disputed settlement project in the occupied West Bank, a move that ...

Construction in E1 is expected to begin immediately, while Ashahel’s plan reaches the deposit stage, a key step toward final ...

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades ...

At the heart of the controversy is the viability of a Palestinian state. Israeli construction in E1 would cut the West Bank into two separate parts, rendering it impossible to establish a contiguous ...

Israel has given final approval to expand one of the largest Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The settlement’s mayor wants it to be part of Jerusalem whereas nearby Palestinians are ...

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community ...

Israel has defied EU appeals by approving a major new colony in the West Bank and attacking Gaza City. The "E1" settlement, of some 3,400 new homes, was formally approved by the defence ministry on ...

If implemented, it would divide a Palestinian state in two, mark a flagrant breach of international law and critically ...

But a crucial roadblock — discouragement from the United States — was lifted last week when Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the United States would not oppose E1. Huckabee is a longtime support of ...