Maale adumim

Controversial E1 project gets the green light

The area consists of a few barren hilltops directly east of Jerusalem’s urban sprawl, marking the start of the Judean Desert – the last available stretch of land that can be developed.

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference, announcing plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, last week.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with other senior officals, sign a controverisal E1 "Roof Agreement" expansion plan in Maaleh Adumim.

PM Netanyahu signs West Bank settlement expansion plan, rules out Palestinian state

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich walks to attend a press conference last month, announcing the approval of the long-frozen E1 building plans near Ma’aleh Adumim.

Israel to sign NIS 3 billion housing agreement in Ma’aleh Adumim, doubling population

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference, announcing plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, last week.

Building E1 between Jerusalem, Ma'aleh Adumim is critical for Israel's future - opinion


UK summons Israeli ambassador over West Bank settlement expansion plan

Britain's Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Office summoned Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely to discuss the plans to establish a settlement in E1, between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

Smotrich approves West Bank settlement plan to 'bury idea of Palestinian state'

"The plan is the 'final nail in the coffin' for the concept of a Palestinian state," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich remarked.

Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 6, 2025

Police shoot Hamas-linked Palestinian dead after attempted car-ramming

Police found that the suspect, a 41-year-old resident of al-Eizariya, had a criminal background, was known to security officials, and was Hamas-affiliated.

 Israel Police at a checkpoint, March 25, 2025.

Area E1 near Ma'aleh Adumim to be renamed after Trump, mayor says

The E1 area, also known as Mevaseret Adumim, spans over some 12,000 dunams and is located between the developed part of Ma’aleh Adumim and Jerusalem.

 View of Ma'aleh Adumim and the area known as E1, in the West Bank. January 2, 2017.

Psychologist on house arrest for assaulting high school student in Ma'ale Adumim

Feldman was taken in for questioning and later released under house arrest.

 Illustrative image of an arrest.

New art exhibit salutes work of pioneer Isaac Alexander Frenkel

Frenel's works, which had first been exhibited in the museum space exactly 100 years ago, were eventually acquired by prominent museums in Israel and abroad.

 Frenel’s ‘Judean Hills and the Dead Sea’

New art exhibit showcases works of Israel's 76 top artists

The exhibition serves as a capstone to all the activities and subjects that we have engaged with over the past year.

 SELF-PORTRAIT of Baruch Elron (1934-2006).

Israel to advance plans for 3,000 settler homes after terror attack

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. 

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

Exciting Retail Destination Coming Soon

"Brands Outlet" a new outlet center, is expected to open in two weeks in the "Dcity" center in Ma'ale Adumim.


Italy opposes Israeli ‘settlers’ even though it has its own - opinion

Israel’s historical, legal, and religious claims to the area where Ma’aleh Adumim is situated are much older, and stronger than Italy’s claims to Campione or Amedeo Guillet.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Ma’aleh Adumim mayor Benny Kashriel attend a Likud meeting in Ma’aleh Adumim, in 2017.

Israel needs a measured response to the Ma'aleh Adumim terror attack - editorial

Israeli decision-makers must constantly weigh these considerations against their sacred responsibility to keep Israelis safe.

 Police at the scene of a terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023