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

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

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that could cut the occupied West Bank effectively in ...

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 given final approval to expand one of the largest Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The settlement’s mayor wants it to be part of Jerusalem whereas nearby Palestinians are ...

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

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 ...

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

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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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