Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem,

In Al Eizariya, Mohammed Faroun sleeps on the floor of his shuttered café, waiting for Israeli bulldozers. His business, like thousands of others, stands in the way of a new highway and the E1 settlement expansion east of Jerusalem,

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

E1 project aims to split West Bank into 2 parts, cutting off northern cities of Ramallah and Nablus from Bethlehem and Hebron in south - Anadolu Ajansı

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

JERUSALEM – Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday approved a plan to conquer Gaza City and authorized the call-up of 60,000 reservists, intensifying pressure on Hamas just as mediators await a response on a new ceasefire proposal.

Israel has approved a controversial settlement scheme that threatens to bisect the occupied West Bank and further sever East Jerusalem (Al-Quds) from Palestinian communities.

The idea of establishing a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is one that a majority of Israelis once entertained, but no longer. Isaac Newton’s third law of motion – for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction – seems to apply everywhere but to Israel,

Plans for a controversial settlement project wey Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich say go 'bury di idea of a Palestinian state' don spark widespread criticism.

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

Construction in E1 is expected to begin immediately, while Ashahel’s plan reaches the deposit stage, a key step toward final approval.