JERUSALEM, July 14 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday, adding to tensions over territory widely viewed as central to a potential Palestinian state.U.N. bodies, Palestinians and most countries view the settlements as illegal under international conventions - a stance disputed by Israel - and a primary obstacle to peace.

The funding comes as Israel faces mounting pressure over settler violence in the occupied West Bank

Israel signed an 8.5 billion-shekel ($2.3 billion) framework agreement to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the construction of 12,000 new housing…

The new plan will bring the total number of West Bank settlements established under the current government to 103.

JERUSALEM, July 14 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank,…

The cabinet decisions had been kept secret: In March, it was decided to establish 34 new settlements, for a total of 103; in June, it was decided to budget 1.3 billion shekels for…

Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a budget of approximately 1.3 billion shekels ($434,579,210.00 US) for the development of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according…

An Israeli NGO on Wednesday condemned a government plan to invest around $2.7 billion in infrastructure and thousands of new residential units across

Bezalel Smotrich says the settlement expansion is intended to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state

Israel’s government has approved more than 1 billion shekels ($334 million) to build and upgrade roads connecting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to…

Israeli authorities have approved a budget of 1.075 billion shekels ($355 million) for road construction to serve dozens of new settlements in the occupied West Bank