Israel’s parliament called for the annexation of all Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a non-binding resolution that still ...

Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, and the UN's top court last year called for construction to stop immediately -- a ruling denounced by Israel.

According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, Transport Minister Miri Regev and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved the ...

The Israeli settlers crept up to the ancient church perched above the West Bank’s last Christian-majority town.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization.

Israel is embarking on the largest expansion of West Bank settlements in decades, its finance minister announced on May 29, a step meant to reinforce Israeli control of the territory.

It is believed that two of the settlements will be Homesh and Sa-Nur, villages in the West Bank that were evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s disengagement plan from Gaza, in which all Israeli ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization.

Israeli Army personnel on duty in Hebron, West Bank, guarding Israeli settlers on May 24, 2025. Credit - Mosab Shawer - Getty Images Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that "22 ...