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

Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel known as E1 just east of ...

The Ma’ale Adumim mayor lauded the “top-tier Zionist and security move.”The post Israel OKs E1 housing branded ‘death blow to Palestinian state’ appeared first on JNS.org.

A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state received final ...

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a contentious settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could ...

Israel has finally approved a highly controversial project of building a settlement that would divide the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem. The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil ...

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank in a significant blow to the ...

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

Israel approves controversial settlement project in West Bank, cutting territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups fear ...

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 ...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he blames a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some ...