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

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

France has condemned Israel’s plan to build 3,400 new homes in the occupied West Bank, calling the project a “serious ...

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 ...

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

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

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

"They will talk about a Palestinian dream, and we will continue to build a Jewish reality," Israel's far-right finance ...

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.

JERUSALEM/UNITED NATIONS — Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that ...