The Israeli parliament on Monday finalized a controversial law legalizing dozens of Zionist settler units built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The law — approved by 60 members of parliament to 52 against — was slammed by the Palestinians as a means to “legalize theft” of ...
A senior Israeli official played down Friday remarks from the White House that building new or expanding existing settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories “may not be helpful” in securing peace. In an apparent break from President Donald Trump’s previously full-throated support of settlements building, White House spokesman Sean Spicer ...