Israel’s right-wing government is opening bidding for thousands of housing units in a patch of the West Bank, a move that would thwart efforts at Palestinian statehood. By Isabel Kershner Reporting ...

Israel’s move to advance construction in the strategically significant E1 area between Ma’ale Adumim on the West Bank and Jerusalem has triggered growing backlash, with Britain announcing sanctions ...

Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades. But Britain’s new ban on the import of settlement goods comes in a response to a major escalation in construction over the ...

The E1 settlement plan has long made front-page news, with major international outlets repeatedly presenting it as Israel’s plan to divide the West Bank and, as a result, bury the two-state solution.

The Israeli government last week invited bids for the building of more than 1,200 units, a key step towards the construction of the E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank just two months before ...

A spokesperson for the US State Department spoke to N12 News later on Friday, saying that the US government "does not support annexation." Foreign ministers from Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, ...

The United States does not support Israeli annexation of the Judea and Samaria region, a State Department spokesperson told Axios on Friday in response to Israel's decision to advance construction ...

Israel has opened tenders for the construction of 1,234 Israeli homes in the occupied West Bank, advancing a major illegal settlement expansion which rights groups say will, in effect, sever ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Foreign governments are urging Israel to abandon plans to construct a settlement in the occupied West Bank that would effectively divide the Palestinian territory in two, saying it ...

"The decision by the Israeli government to publish bid offers for construction projects within the framework of the E1 settlers' project is unacceptable," said a joint statement. France, Germany, ...

The E1 plan was green-lit by Israel last year and would further separate east Jerusalem, occupied and annexed by Israel and predominantly inhabited by Palestinians, from the West Bank. The leaders of ...

The government on Tuesday issued a tender for the construction of seven residential compounds housing 1,234 housing units in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, where Israeli settlement activists seek to ...