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

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

Israel is moving forward with plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, with a government minister championing the ...

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

Israel plans to expand settlements into an area of the West Bank that would effectively bisect the enclave — a move its ...

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

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

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