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 ...

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

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 ...

Israeli approval of the E1 settlement project in the West Bank has sparked controversy, with critics saying it threatens ...

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.

This would be the first step in a large-scale settlement project for the zone dubbed E1 (for East 1), which sits east of ...

The approval of the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, was announced ...