The U.S.-brokered peace plan calls for a possible ‘pathway’ to a Palestinian state — something the settlements are aimed at preventing

JERUSALEM: Israel’s security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number approved over the past three years to…

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move is aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. It comes days after the UN said the expansion of Israeli…