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 ...

Israel has finally approved a highly controversial project of building a settlement that would divide the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem. The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil ...

Palestinian hamlets are seen at the E1 area, between the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim and the occupied West Bank town ...

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 approves controversial settlement project in West Bank, cutting territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups fear ...

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 ...

The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian ...

The E1 corridor, connecting Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adumim, is a vital buffer against the encirclement of Israel’s capital by a hostile Palestinian entity.The post The E1 battle: Why Israel can’t ...

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

Israel just granted a far-right wish with plans for a new settlement, E1, in the West Bank. It could have unexpected consequences.

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