Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied ...

Israel has announced it will build an enormous settlement in the West Bank to effectively “bury the idea of a Palestinian ...

A Israeli housing project in the West Bank mothballed since 2012 was revived by the finance minister in a quest to prevent ...

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the ...

"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ...

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

The development would severely restrict Palestinians' ability to travel between the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem and eat up large tracts of land in the tiny region.

The announcement comes after a wave of countries announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state, with conditions.

Israel plans to expand settlements into an area of the West Bank that would effectively bisect the enclave — a move its finance minister said “buries the idea of a Palestinian state.” The expansion ...