Israel advances controversial settlement plan, aiming to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

TEL AVIV — Israel is moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, splitting the territory in two, a scheme far-right Finance Minister BezalelTEL AVIV — Israel is moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, splitting the territory in two, a scheme far-right Finance Minister Bezalel