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.

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

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 ...

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) — 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 ...

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 ...

Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for more than 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday approved construction of nearly 200 new homes in a Jewish housing development of east Jerusalem, pushing ahead with a recent spike of settlement construction.

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 ...