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

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 ...

In a statement attributable to Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric on Israeli settlements in the E1 area, the Secretary-General said, “Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, ...

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 ...

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.

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

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