The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian ...

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

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades, but was frozen due to US pressure during previous administrations.

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

Israel has greenlit the E1 settlement project in the West Bank, a move criticized for potentially bisecting Palestinian territories and obstructing a future state. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ...

In Al Eizariya, Mohammed Faroun sleeps on the floor of his shuttered café, waiting for Israeli bulldozers. His business, like ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If implemented, it would divide a Palestinian state in two, mark a flagrant breach of international law and critically ...

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