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.

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

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank in a significant blow to the ...

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

Israel demolishes a number of homes in the West Bank’s northern Jordan Valley, despite an order postponing the demolitions until September 3 amid a legal battle by local residents against the ...

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 ...

The 5,000 Palestinians living on the small territory separating East Jerusalem from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim have been ordered to evacuate. The operation to destroy their homes could ...

Israel has defied EU appeals by approving a major new colony in the West Bank and attacking Gaza City. The "E1" settlement, of some 3,400 new homes, was formally approved by the defence ministry on ...