Efrat Settlement News Today

Ma’aleh Adumim, located next to the site of Thursday's attack, is due to receive authorization for the construction of an additional 2,350 housing units. 

Lucy Dee, 48, died last month after succumbing to critical injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Israel.

Trump-era spike in Israeli settlement growth has only begun JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24Sunlight peeks through clouds over a section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, March 12, 2021. Israel went on an aggressive settlement spree during the Trump era, according to an AP investigation, pushing deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before and putting the Biden administration into a bind as it seeks to revive Mideast peace efforts.Maya...

EFRAT, West Bank (AP) — An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration in a tough bind if it follows through on pledges to revive peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians. Satellite images and data obtained by The Associated Press document for the first time the full impact of the policies of then-President Donald Tr...