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Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he believes E1 plan will ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

Israel’s far-right finance minister claims Netanyahu and Trump have agreed to the plan although there has been no confirmation from either leader

Opposition has come from many sectors, including the security establishment.

Lifesaving goods for starved people in Gaza blocked by vague rules on anti-Israeli activity, say humanitarian bodies

AN ISRAELI minister has said he will approve illegal settlement plans to build more than 3000 homes in the West Bank in order to prevent the…

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100 charities and aid agencies say Israel’s access rules block much-needed supplies

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new military plan for Gaza faces growing criticism abroad, opposition is also building in Israel, with hostage families calling for a nationwide shutdown on Sunday. But in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the occupied West Bank, support for the war remains firm.

The far-right minister says he will approve more than 3,000 new homes in the E1 area project.

This outrageous landgrab is ethnic cleansing in plain sight, says Nimer Sultany of Soas University of London, a Palestinian citizen of Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his new plan to expand the war and take control of Gaza City was "the best way to end the war", defying growing calls to stop the fighting.