France has condemned Israel’s plan to build 3,400 new homes in the occupied West Bank, calling the project a “serious violation of international law” that risks destroying any chance of a contiguous Palestinian state.

Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval of the construction of a contentious settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that he says "buries the idea of a Palestinian state."

Israel is moving forward with plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, with a government minister championing the initiative as a “final nail in the coffin” for a sovereign Palestinian state. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the government’s endorsement of the “E1 settlement plan” during a ceremony at the Maale Adumim settlement in the