Controversial project that would split West Bank into north and south has been frozen for decades due to international pressure; settler leader hails 'great and historical achievement' The post Smotrich to approve frozen E1 settlement homes: ‘Buries idea of Palestinian state’ appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israeli finance minister directly links green-lighting 3,000 housing units in West Bank with killing two-state solution, days after western states said they would recognise Palestine

Anchorage summit, DC crackdowns, Gaza aid row, and Europe’s arms boom. Here is Thursday's SOFREP Evening Brief - August 14, 2025.

JERUSALEM / PNN / In a move widely seen as a challenge to the international community and the two-state solution, Israeli Finance Minister

MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank/TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem,

In a reversal of past US policy, the State Department backed the E1 project connecting Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, calling it essential to Israel’s stability and regional peace.