In a reversal of past US policy, the State Department backed the E1 project connecting Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, calling it ...

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich announced approval for 3,401 new homes in the controversial E1 area project in ...

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

The Israeli government's decision to proceed with the E1 settlement project has sparked widespread condemnation and concerns ...

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

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

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

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

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hails 'historic step' following approval of 6,900 new housing units in E1 and 'Desert Bird' ...

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.

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