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 ...

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.

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.

Hamas on Thursday condemned an Israeli government plan to advance construction in the “E1” area near Jerusalem, warning it ...