Settlement committee rubber stamps 3,400 housing units, which finance minister says will leave 'hypocritical leaders in Europe with nothing to recognise'

This would be the first step in a large-scale settlement project for the zone dubbed E1 (for East 1), which sits east of Jerusalem, and thus in occupied Palestinian territory. The project, which enjoys the implicit backing of Prime Minister Benjamin ...

In Al Eizariya, Mohammed Faroun sleeps on the floor of his shuttered café, waiting for Israeli bulldozers. His business, like thousands of others, stands in the way of a new highway and the E1 settlement expansion east of Jerusalem,

In a reversal of past US policy, the State Department backed the E1 project connecting Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, calling it essential to Israel’s stability and regional peace.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy issued a strong condemnation on Wednesday of Israel’s colonialist expansion plan in the area known as E1, warning that

The E1 corridor, connecting Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adumim, is a vital buffer against the encirclement of Israel’s capital by a hostile Palestinian entity.The post The E1 battle: Why Israel can’t