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

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

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

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

"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ...

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

Likud MK Boaz Bismuth said Tuesday that applying Israeli “sovereignty” in the West Bank was at least as important, and more ...

(AFP) - France on Saturday condemned Israel's decision to build thousands of new homes in the West Bank and called on Israel ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday he has approved the construction of 3,401 housing units for settlers in a particularly controversial ...

BRUSSELS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday urged Israel to drop plans to advance settlement construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, ...

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.

Leaders warn expansion would split territory, violate international law and undermine two-state solution - Anadolu Ajansı ...