Europe largely mum on plan to resume building in West Bank's contentious E1 area; US issues vague statement; Smotrich says ...

In a reversal of past US policy, the State Department backed the E1 project connecting Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, calling it ...

Controversial project that would split West Bank into north and south has been on hold for decades due to international ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced he will be approving tenders for the construction of the long-halted ...

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

Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich to approve the construction of 3,401 housing units in ...

Israel plans to expand settlements into an area of the West Bank that would effectively bisect the enclave — a move its ...

Israel’s finance minister approves construction of around 7,000 settler homes in major project aimed at splitting West Bank ...

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen * Gazan arrested at West Bank checkpoint on suspicion of attempting stabbing attack * Hamas ...

"Approval of construction plans in E1 buries the idea of a Palestinian state," the finance minister said.The post Smotrich approves thousands of housing units near Ma’ale Adumim appeared first on ...

RAMALLAH / PNN / Palestinian officials have warned that Israel's continued settlement expansion in the occupied West Ban ...

Overview In recent months, Israel has made a series of relentless attempts to annex settlements bordering Jerusalem. The most ambitious: The Greater Jerusalem bill, which sought to annex Ma’ale Adumim ...