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Israel’s Netanyahu revives settlement plan opponents say cuts off East Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he was reviving Israel’s most contentious settlement plan, a proposal that opponents say ... Middle East -
UN issues report on companies with business ties to West Bank settlements
The UN has released a list of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, including ... Middle East -
Israel approves more than 1,900 new settler homes: NGO
Israel has approved the construction of 1,936 new settler homes on occupied Palestinian territories, watchdog Peace Now said on Monday. The green ... Middle East -
Israel planning new settlement in flashpoint Hebron
Israel’s new hard-right defense minister on Sunday ordered officials to start planning a new Jewish settlement in the heart of the divided West ... Middle East -
Palestinians protest US settlement decision
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated across the West Bank on Tuesday to protest the recent US announcement that it no longer believes Israeli ... Middle East -
Palestinian prisoner held in Israel dies after cancer battle
A Palestinian prisoner died Tuesday in Israeli custody after battling cancer, Israel’s prisons service said, ahead of demonstrations in the West ... Middle East -
Arab Israeli handed life sentence for murder of settler
An Arab Israeli has been sentenced to life in prison for the “nationalistically motivated” murder of an Israeli settler in the occupied ... Middle East -
Kuwait FM criticizes US position on Palestine settlements
The US declaration is a flagrant violation of international law, an attempt to legalize settlements, and the resolution undermines the chances of ... Gulf -
Vatican says Israeli-Palestinian peace process at risk after US move
The Vatican said on Wednesday the search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians had been put at risk after the US administration said it no ... Middle East -
US statement on Israeli settlements is ‘Deal of the Century’ in action: Experts
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that the Trump administration no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal, ... Features -
Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits
Home-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from its rental ... Economy -
Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank settlements after vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Saturday to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins the upcoming general election.His ... Middle East -
Israel approves more than 1,000 West Bank settler units
Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved plans for more than 1,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said, the latest in ... Middle East -
Israel strikes Gaza after rockets fired from Palestinian enclave
Israel launched air strikes on Gaza late Wednesday after dozens of rockets were fired from the enclave into its territory, with injuries reported on ... Middle East -
Day after attack, Israel announces 400 housing units in West Bank settlement
Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defense ... Middle East -
Israel plans 2,500 new settler homes in West Bank
Israel’s defense minister said on Thursday he plans to seek approval next week for the construction of some 2,500 new homes in Jewish ... Middle East -
Israeli court approves demolition of Palestinian village in West Bank
Israel’s supreme court ruled on Thursday in favor of demolishing a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, despite a campaign by ... Middle East -
West Bank settlers grew twice the rate of Israel’s overall population last year
The number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank grew at nearly twice the rate of Israel’s overall population last year, a settler leader said ... Middle East -
Palestine soccer chief challenges ‘foul’ by FIFA
The president of the Palestinian Football Federation, Jibril Rajoub, said that FIFA’s decision to take a neutral position on the settlement ... Sports -
Israel approves 176 settlement homes for east Jerusalem
Israeli authorities approved on Wednesday a major expansion of a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem, ... Middle East -
EU calls on Israel to stop plans for new West Bank settlements
Israel must halt new building plans for settler homes in the West Bank, the European Union’s foreign service said in a statement on Wednesday, ... Middle East -
Israel to advance plans for nearly 4,000 settler homes: Official
Israel is to advance plans for nearly 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as part of a push to greatly boost settlement growth, an Israeli ... Middle East -
UN envoy says Israel ignoring UN demand to halt settlements
Israel is not complying with a UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to all settlement activity and instead is continuing to expand ... Middle East -
Rights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion
Israeli banks are contributing to the proliferation of West Bank settlements by providing loans and mortgages for construction there, violating their ... Middle East -
Is Israel preparing for a future without Netanyahu?
The curtain seems to be coming down on the era of the controversial Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Now Israel is actually preparing for a ... Middle East -
Israel freezes plan to give Palestinian city land to expand
Israel’s cabinet has frozen a plan to expand the West Bank’s most densely populated Palestinian city by ceding military control over a ... Middle East -
Israel starts work on new settlement, even as US steps up peace efforts
Israel broke ground on Tuesday on its first new settlement in the occupied West Bank for two decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, ... Middle East -
Israel plans most settlement homes since 1992
Israel has so far this year advanced its highest number of settlement projects since 1992, the defense minister said Sunday, despite warnings such ... Middle East -
Divorce settlements could tumble in Italy after court ruling
An Italian court has said divorce settlements should no longer guarantee spouses their previous standard of living but rather simply make sure they ... Features -
Israel planning 15,000 more settlement homes in Jerusalem
Israel intends to build 15,000 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem, the Housing Ministry said on Friday despite US President Donald Trump’s ... Middle East