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

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

The Palestinian Authority says the decision is illegal and will "destroy" the prospects for a two-state solution.

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

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

The project, located in a tract of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, has been under discussion for more than two decades.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a press conference near the ...

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 ...