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.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul voiced strong criticism on Wednesday of Israel's go-ahead for a highly contested ...

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

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

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the settlement, planned to be built east of Jerusalem, "would divide a Palestinian state ...

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

A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state received final ...

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 has approved a controversial illegal settlement project in the occupied West Bank, a move critics say could destroy ...