Move must be carried out in full cooperation with US, which has all but given its blessing already; can be advanced through cabinet or Knesset, where right enjoys clear majority

11 outposts established; majority of homes go up in national religious communities far beyond Green Line

Highway connecting Palestinian villages north of Ma'ale Adumim will allow Jewish travelers to reach settlement from Jerusalem without 'friction' with Arab neighbors, minister says

While some attribute bump for Likud to annexation pledges, others say it had to do with allegiance to premier, who is seen as being under attack

Foreign policy head Borrell: Construction will bisect territorial contiguity between West Bank, East Jerusalem, Israel shouldn't take steps that undermine future 2-state solution

Defense Ministry panel meeting comes less than two months after previous one, marking increase in frequency

Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov says moves promoted by Netanyahu endanger prospects for two-state solution

Riyad al-Maliki says PM’s pre-election pledge to increase construction in E1 area is ‘more dangerous than any other settlement plans'

Apparent gesture to settlers 6 days before elections would connect Ma'ale Adumim to East Jerusalem, bisecting a future Palestinian state

US officials, among them the ambassador to Israel, are set to meet with three Israeli counterparts to begin work on carrying out Trump peace plan