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

The project, located in a tract of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, has been under discussion for more than two ...

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively ...

Location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between Bethlehem and Ramallah.

The Palestinian Authority says the decision is illegal and will "destroy" the prospects for a two-state solution.

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

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community ...

At the heart of the controversy is the viability of a Palestinian state. Israeli construction in E1 would cut the West Bank into two separate parts, rendering it impossible to establish a contiguous ...

But a crucial roadblock — discouragement from the United States — was lifted last week when Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the United States would not oppose E1. Huckabee is a longtime support of ...

Families of Americans killed in occupied West Bank lose hope for justice "We are all American citizens," one father said. "But here, for us, being American means nothing." ...