An Israeli planning committee is set to debate approval of a highly contested settlement project in the occupied West Bank on ...

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the ...

Ministers in the Israeli government have in recent months pushed for more rapid development of these settlements, explicitly ...

There is a revealing back story to Israel’s so-called E1 Plan, a massive settlement project that includes the building of many thousands of new homes. The plan’s goal is to irreversibly sever the ...

This comes after Smotrich announced his approval for settlements in the E1 area. Germany on Friday called on the Israeli ...

Smotrich’s settlement plans come as the international spotlight on Israel intensifies, with growing calls for a cease-fire in ...

The E1 plan is expected to receive final approval on Aug. 20, capping off 20 years of bureaucratic wrangling. The planning ...

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would ...

The development would severely restrict Palestinians' ability to travel between the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem and eat up large tracts of land in the tiny region.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Israel has the right to "massive" development and that it does not violate international law ...

Bezalel Smotrich, who is sanctioned by Australia and the UK, says a controversial new development "definitively buries the ...

Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen voiced “deep concern” over Israel’s intention to advance the E1 settlement plan. “The move undermines prospects for a viable Palestinian state and breaches ...