Israel began demolishing homes of Palestinian attackers after it captured the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, along with other territories, in the 1967 Six Day War.

The home of Ghassan Abu Jamal has a beautiful view of Jabel Mukaber. It looks over a small valley with olive trees and grazing sheep. It also stinks here, the distinctive raw sewage smell of what ...

Originally just one small district, Geula has become so synonymous with haredi life that its name now blankets an entire ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ratib Matar’s family was growing. They needed more space. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three apartments on an eastern slope overlooking ...

Israel expedited Wednesday plans for more than 550 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, in a move exacerbating tensions between Israel and the Palestinians as they hold US-backed peace talks.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has advanced the process of building 942 more settler homes in east Jerusalem under a new fast-track plan to tighten its grip on the territory, which the Palestinians ...

Israel has signed off on the construction of 238 homes in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, bringing an end to an unofficial building freeze in the traditionally Arab sector of the city an ...

JERUSALEM – The Jerusalem municipality says that city officials have approved construction of 176 new homes in a Jewish area of east Jerusalem. The decision is likely to trigger an angry ...

TEL AVIV—Israel approved a plan to build 1,100 housing units in a section of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians, complicating efforts to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume ...