Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East ...

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

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

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

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the ...

A Israeli housing project in the West Bank mothballed since 2012 was revived by the finance minister in a quest to prevent ...

Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed to advance the E1 West Bank settlement, saying it will “bury” Palestinian ...

Israel is moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, ...

The announcement comes after a wave of countries announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state, with conditions.

Bezalel Smotrich said the approval of a construction plan “finally buries the idea” of statehood as countries including ...

STORY: Israeli far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday announced work would start on a planned Jewish ...

Standing at the site of the planned settlement in Maale Adumim on Thursday, Smotrich, a settler himself, said Prime Minister ...