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Israel's Smotrich launches settlement plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state

By Alexander Cornwell MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank/TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ...

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

Israel’s far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of contentious new settlement construction in the ...

Advocacy Groups Condemn Israel’s New West Bank Settlement Plans: ‘Guaranteeing More Bloodshed’

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

Israel announces plans for new West Bank settlement to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state

Palestinians and rights groups said the settlement would effectively cut the West Bank into two separate parts and rob them ...

US says stable West Bank in line with Trump goal for regional peace

The United States on Thursday responded to Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's announcement that work would start on a long-delayed settlement plan that would divide the West Bank, ...

Israel Finance Minister announces West Bank settlement plan to 'end idea of a Palestinian state'

Bezalel Smotrich called a press conference to announce plans to settle the area between Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, and ...