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

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

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

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

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

Palestinian Authority local official Mohamed Mattar stands before the West Bank town of Al-Eizariya, which is set to be razed ...

Israel has given final approval to expand one of the largest Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The settlement’s mayor wants it to be part of Jerusalem whereas nearby Palestinians are ...

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community ...

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 contentious settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could ...

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