Maale adumim

The E1 debate is not just about West Bank settlement construction - it’s about security - opinion

US policymakers should stop treating E1 as an Israeli-Palestinian real-estate dispute. It is about who controls the roads, high ground, and military corridors in Israel.

A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank February 15, 2017
 A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Jewish settlement is a strategic necessity across the West Bank - opinion

Jailed Fatah member Marwan Barghouti 311

Marvel stars join campaign to free Barghouti, but ignore his victims - opinion

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.

The E1 area: The strategic link between Jerusalem and Israel’s eastern border - opinion


Grapevine: Bennett takes time out for museum tour

Not forgetting the need to connect with the younger generation, Bennett made a point of stopping to say hello to a group of schoolchildren from Modi’in while they were touring in the galleries.

BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM director Amanda Weiss with Education Minister Naftali Bennett

Unilateral actions will not advance the peace process

I have called upon the prime minister to remove the bill from the agenda of the ministerial committee for legislation, considering its purely declarative nature and that it lacks any substance.

BETWEEN BILLS to annex illegal outposts and overlooking the rulings of the Supreme Court, the government has sought unilateral solutions to a complex conflict

Maaleh Adumim annexation bill delayed until after Netanyahu-Trump meeting

PM Netanyahu and President Trump are expected to meet in the coming weeks, though no date has yet been announced.

Netanyahu and Trump

Annexation bill put off until after Trump-Netanyahu meeting

Ma’aleh Adumim has a population of close to 38,000 and is the third-largest West Bank settlement.

Netanyahu and Trump

'Israel shouldn’t wait for Trump to set West Bank policy'

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks in the midst of a fierce debate with regard to the possibility that Israel might advance or even pass legislation to annex Ma'aleh Adumim.

Ayelet Shaked, nouvelle ministre de la Justice

W.Bank mayor attempts to push annexation bill ahead of Trump inauguration

"Obama's policy of not one brick is gone," Ma'aleh Adumim mayor Kashriel said regarding the annexation bill, which includes E1.

A Star of David decorates a lamp post in Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem

Liberman: ‘The US could agree to settlement bloc annexation, but not now’

Liberman has spoken in favor of annexation but is urging restraint.

A girl holds an Israeli flag on a hilltop near the Maaleh Adumim settlement

Ma’aleh Adumim annexation bill due to advance after Trump inauguration

With a population of 37,525, Ma’aleh Adumim is the 3rd largest West Bank settlement and is considered to be a bloc; the Palestinians hold that it's an indispensable part of their future state.

Ma'aleh Adumim

Huckabee on US action on UN vote and Kerry speech: ‘Cowardly betrayal of Israel'

Huckabee, a frequent visitor to Israel, arrived on Monday and will leave on Thursday as part of a delegation representing the Jewish Chamber of Commerce in the US.

Mike Huckabee with Ma'ale Adumim mayor Beni Kashriel, pointing to Israel on a map of the world for journalists

Bennett: We will annex Ma’aleh Adumim first and then all of Area C

“Citizens of Israel have paid in no end of victims, and no end of denunciations for this messianic policy of a Palestinian state,” said Bennett.

Naftali Bennett