Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hailed the government’s approval of a contentious West Bank settlement ...

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and ...

But a crucial roadblock — discouragement from the United States — was lifted last week when Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the ...

Israel has approved the E1 settlement plan, which has been strongly criticised by the United Nations, Western allies and ...