The Israeli security cabinet has approved 19 new settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank as the right-wing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves to prevent the formation of a viable Palestinian state. As Netanyahu’s ...

Coalition funds are part of the national budget and are determined during coalition negotiations after elections when forming a government.

Maryland nonprofits could be barred from donating to causes judged to be in support of “settlement activity” in Israel if a bill before the state legislature is passed — a prospect critics say would infringe on the charities’ First Amendment rights and may signal anti-Israel sentiment gaining a foothold on the state’s political landscape.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Khalil Abu Al-Rish, mayor of the embattled West Bank town of Ezariya, shows a vintage aerial photo of his community, now bracing for the impact as of a planned Israeli settlement nearby.

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said a new West Bank construction project being pushed by the Israeli government to the east of Jerusalem is a “big mistake”.

FILE - The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, file) GENEVA — The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of companies from 11 countries ...

Through a series of new technical measures, the government is streamlining the acquisition of land by Israeli Jews and expanding the administration's ability to intervene in areas under Palestinian control.

Berlin has called for a unified European response to the "E1 project," which some officials warn poses an "existential threat" to the future of the two-state solution. Israel disputes this and maintains that the status of settlements is a matter of negotiations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has regularly shipped cargo from companies based in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An Israeli outpost overlooking Beit Sahour became an officially recognized settlement called Yatziv in just a month, capping two decades of settler effort. Finance ...

As a new West Bank settlement plan gains steam, now is the time for governments to take multilateral economic action Amid an unforgiving global news cycle – and as nations weigh their options in responding to the yet unbuilt West Bank settlement project ...