The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian ...

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

Location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between Bethlehem and Ramallah.

Known as the E1 plan, the project has been frozen for more than two decades due to international pressure, but is now advancing under Israel’s far-right government. The plan involves constructing more ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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