Israel gave final approval to a controversial project to expand settlements in the West Bank, billed as dashing hopes of ...

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

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

The Palestinian Authority says the decision is illegal and will "destroy" the prospects for a two-state solution.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...