Smotrich’s settlement plans come as the international spotlight on Israel intensifies, with growing calls for a cease-fire in ...

A far-right Israeli minister has backed controversial settlement plans in order to ensure there is “nothing left to recognise ...

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem ...

Israel Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich boasted that the construction could thwart Palestinian statehood plans ...

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

Bezalel Smotrich, who is sanctioned by Australia and the UK, says a controversial new development "definitively buries the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on Israeli authorities to immediately halt the advancement of plans of settlement construction in the E1 ...

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

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.

Israel appears poised to grant formal planning approval for the long-stalled E1 settlement project — a highly contentious ...

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

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has advocated for the construction of 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement, said ...