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International contention continues as eight more countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement plan

A spokesperson for the US State Department spoke to N12 News later on Friday, saying that the US government "does not support annexation."

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026.
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.

First 1,400 housing units to be marketed in controversial E1 area of West Bank

The wedding of Miriam Shani and Ofek Dotan at the Kedar sheep farm near Ma'ale Adumim, June 2026.

Beyond the Headlines: A fallen soldier's widow remarries, stories of renewal inspire - opinion

Haredi protests begin across Israel, June 24, 2026.

Haredi protesters successfully halt draft dodger arrest near Jerusalem, police leave scene - report


Arrivals: Tomatoes to bookbinding to sequins

YISRAEL DAVIES, 73 FROM MANCHESTER TO GUSH KATIF TO MA’ALEH ADUMIM, 1979

YISRAEL DAVIES, 73, FROM MANCHESTER TO GUSH KATIF TO MA’ALEH ADUMIM, 1979

Environmental apartheid in the shadow of annexation

In an area like the West Bank where political boundaries are hazy, the issue of profits and tax payment should be examined in the context of environmental and social justice.

THE BEDOUIN encampment of Khan al-Ahmar near Ma’aleh Adumim.

A settlement-bloc-only annexation plan? Nobody told Ma’aleh Adumim

When Israel speaks of retaining high Jewish population areas of the West Bank, his settlement bloc is often one of the premier locations that come to mind.

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

For 'settlers,' annexation feels like making aliyah again – opinion

A ‘settler’ from Ma’aleh Adumim reflects on becoming a ‘citizen’

WILL THE settlement of Ma’aleh Adumin officially become an Israeli city?

European ambassadors hold Jerusalem meeting with Israel over E1 fears

Those who participated in the meeting were; Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

A view of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim February 25, 2020.

Netanyahu advances plans for 3,500 settler homes in West Bank’s E1

"We are building up Jerusalem and the outskirts of Jerusalem. I gave an immediate directive, to deposit plans to build 3500 housing units in E1," the prime minister said.

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

The West Bank as Israel’s waste destination

October 10, 2019, will be remembered as the date on which the Israeli government made a decision that threatens to turn the West Bank into “the garbage bin of Israel.”

IS THIS where the garbage ends up?

Erdan: Israel sovereignty, security is basis for any 'Deal of the Century'

Palestinian threats over the "Deal of the Century," will not deter Israel fulfilling this objective, nor is the plan grounds for “violence or terrorism” against Israel, Erdan said.

Gilad Erdan attends a cabinet meeting, December 2019.

PA still awaiting Israeli approval for police station near Ma’aleh Adumim

The new station, which is called South East Jerusalem Police Station, belongs to the PA’s Jerusalem Suburbs District Police.

The new Palestinian Authority police station near Ma'aleh Adomim

Palestinian police awaiting Israeli approval for West Bank station house

The Israeli Police also have a large regional station a short distance away, on a in E1, an unbuilt hilltop just west of Ma’aleh Adumim.

The new Palestinian Authority police station near Ma'aleh Adomim