Israel approves controversial settlement project in West Bank, cutting territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups fear it will destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state.

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.

Muhannad Hammouri has condemned the Israeli authority’s approval for the E1 Project, a project that involves building more ...

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

But a crucial roadblock — discouragement from the United States — was lifted last week when Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the ...

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