Israel Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich boasted that the construction could thwart Palestinian statehood plans ...

The position is a reversal of previous US administrations that have warned against building projects in the West Bank, saying they harm chances of a two-state solution.

Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, a development far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said ...

In a statement headlined "Burying the idea of a Palestinian state," Smotrich's spokesperson said more details would be given ...