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

A Israeli housing project in the West Bank mothballed since 2012 was revived by the finance minister in a quest to prevent ...

Smotrich’s settlement plans come as the international spotlight on Israel intensifies, with growing calls for a cease-fire in ...

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the ...

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 ...

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

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that he says "buries the idea of a Palestinian state." ...

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.