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

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

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul voiced strong criticism on Wednesday of Israel's go-ahead for a highly contested ...

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

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community ...

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

Palestinian hamlets are seen at the E1 area, between the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim and the occupied West Bank town ...

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 ...

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