The 5,000 Palestinians living on the small territory separating East Jerusalem from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim have been ordered to evacuate. The operation to destroy their homes could begin as early as Thursday, burying the possibility of a Palestinian state.

Location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between Bethlehem and Ramallah.

JERUSALEM: Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a…