Israel on Wednesday gave final approval for a long-disputed settlement project in the occupied West Bank, a move that ...

Eleni Giokos speaks to Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer who is involved in challenging the Israeli government’s ...

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

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

Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have reached the outskirts of Gaza City. The ...

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

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 ...

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

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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 ...