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Israel wants to take control of the West Bank. Is it legal?

Ministers in the Israeli government have in recent months pushed for more rapid development of these settlements, explicitly ...

Israel announces a settlement project that critics say will effectively cut the West Bank in two

The E1 plan is expected to receive final approval on Aug. 20, capping off 20 years of bureaucratic wrangling. The planning ...

Israel’s West Bank settlement plan could ‘bury’ the prospect of a Palestinian state. Here’s why

Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied ...

The West Bank settlements at the heart of the Middle East conflict

Israeli settlement building, a point of contention at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has come back into focus ...

Israel announces West Bank settlement that rights groups say could imperil Palestinian state

Israel’s finance minister advances settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, a move critics say could block a ...

Israel's Smotrich approves settlement splitting East Jerusalem from West Bank

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would ...
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Israel Launches Mass Arrests, Raids in West Bank amid Ongoing Settler Attacks

The Israeli army launched large-scale incursions and arrests across the West Bank on Monday, as illegal settlers escalated their attacks.
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How the world is reacting to Israel’s settlement plan in occupied West Bank

Plans to develop the illegal E1 settlement, which would jeopardise a future Palestinian state, widely condemned.

Factbox-The West Bank settlements at the heart of the Middle East conflict

By Tala Ramadan and Ali Sawafta (Reuters) -Israeli settlement building, a point of contention at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has come back into focus after Israel's far-right ...