TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state.

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

E1 project aims to split West Bank into 2 parts, cutting off northern cities of Ramallah and Nablus from Bethlehem and Hebron in south - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel gave final approval to a 'controversial' settlement project that would divide the occupied West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry has condemned Wednesday's decision by Israel to implement the E1 settlement project east of Jerusalem.

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.All of Israel's settlements in the West Bank,

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday slammed Israel's approval of a key settlement project in the occupied West Bank, saying it undermined the chances of a two-state solution.

Discovered in the Givati parking lot of Jerusalem, the coin was minted for Queen Berenice II, wife of the Hellenistic ruler Ptolemy III of Egypt. A tiny but extremely rare gold coin dating back more than 2,

The IDF intercepted a missile launched at Israel from Yemen several hours after the military struck Houthi targets in the country.