Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied ...

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

ABC News' James Longman reports on what's known about the proposed new settlement being discussed by Israeli finance minister ...

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, joining the leaders of France, Britain ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, ...

The largely symbolic move has more to do with politics than supporting Palestinians’ right to self-determination.

The Palestinian government condemned the scheme, calling it illegal and saying the fragmentation of territory would rip up peace plans for the region.

But France, Canada and the U.K. are doing it too hastily. The plan won’t work without conditions.

Development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades, but was ...