A controversial Israeli settlement plan that would effectively split the West Bank in two is gaining momentum after a key government committee -- the Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administra...

Israel approved a project to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which is billed as dashing hopes of Palestinian statehood.

The illegal settlement also “risks undermining security and fuels further violence and instability, taking us further away from peace”, the group said, while bringing “no benefits to the Israeli peop...