Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but the plan had been stalled for years amid international opposition.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to maintain open-ended control over the occupied West Bank.

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the decision of Israel''s Higher Planning Committee to approve more than 3,400 housing units in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, said ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday that it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military ...

If the process moves quickly, infrastructure work could begin in the next few months and construction of homes could start in around a year.

Foreign Ministry also decries Israel’s E1 settlement construction in the West Bank, saying it 'violates international law and the relevant UN Security Council resolution' - Anadolu Ajansı ...

London: French President Emmanuel Macron has hit back at a furious attack from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a decision to recognise a Palestinian state, deepening a dispute with ...

Israel is preparing to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza City, possibly in the coming days, even as negotiators scramble to bring Israel and Hamas ...