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The E1 debate is not just about West Bank settlement construction - it’s about security - opinion

US policymakers should stop treating E1 as an Israeli-Palestinian real-estate dispute. It is about who controls the roads, high ground, and military corridors in Israel.

A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank February 15, 2017
 A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Jewish settlement is a strategic necessity across the West Bank - opinion

Jailed Fatah member Marwan Barghouti 311

Marvel stars join campaign to free Barghouti, but ignore his victims - opinion

Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025.

The E1 area: The strategic link between Jerusalem and Israel’s eastern border - opinion


Edelstein to Pence: Help build West Bank industrial zone

Israel has always held that Ma’aleh Adumim and E1 will be part of its permanent borders in any final-status agreement with the Palestinians.

Vice President Mike Pence stands beside Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein ahead of Pence's speech

Jewish Agency chairmanship could be vacant soon due to PM's indecision

Natan Sharansky, the current chairman of the Jewish Agency, intends to leave his post immediately following a June meeting in Jerusalem.

Natan Sharansky

Coalition chairman confirms US pressure behind 'Greater Jerusalem' bill delay

The "Greater Jerusalem" legislation would put some Jewish settlements in the West Bank under the jurisdiction of Jerusalem's municipality.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Suggestions for solving the Israeli-Palestinians dispute

A positive aspect is that the areas of the enclaves can be expected to be limited compared to the extensive areas of the settlement blocs discussed until now.

A VIEW of the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ramot (foreground) and Ramat Shlomo (background).

Netanyahu backs Greater Jerusalem bill that would annex 19 settlements

It is estimated that upwards of 125,000 Israelis live in the settlements just outside of Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking with Ma'aleh Adumim mayor Benny Kashriel

Was Rivlin’s visit to Ma’aleh Adumim a sign of support for sovereignty?

Benny Kashriel, the mayor of the West Bank city of Ma’aleh Adumim took the president's visit to greet children on first day of school as sign of support for sovereignty.

President Reuven Rivlin at Nofei HaSelah elementary school in Ma’aleh Adumim for the first day of classes, September 1, 2017.

EU: Annexing Ma’aleh Adumim would damage ties with Israel

"It would have a strong detrimental impact on our relations," Mark Gallagher, the Charge D'Affaires for the EU embassy in Israel, cautioned on Tuesday.

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem

Right renews push to annex Ma’aleh Adumim

Failure to move the bill forward at this moment would mean that no movement on the matter could take place until the Knesset is back in session on May 8.

Maaleh Adumim

Ma’aleh Adumim annexation bill on hold for a week

The ministerial debate regarding the possible and controversial annexation of the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim.

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem

Ma’aleh Adumim pushes for a Sunday ministerial vote on annexation

A source in the campaign said it was on the agenda for this Sunday’s Ministerial Legislative Committee and they believed it would come for a vote.

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem