Days after Trump’s inauguration, White House discusses controversial plan to relocate embassy from Tel Aviv.

Breaking with convention, new US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman decides to live in his own personal apartment in Jerusalem rather than the Ambassador’s Residence in Herzliya.

Two rights groups called on Justice Ministry investigators to probe allegations of police brutality after the most senior Arab lawmaker in the Knesset, Arab Joint List head MK Ayman Odeh, was injured during protests against court-ordered home demolitions in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on January 18.

“The majority of Israeli journalists simply copied the official police version of the deadly events in Umm el-Hiran last week, effectively painting 20 percent of Israeli citizens as terrorists,” writes Samah Salaime.

Over 5,000 Arabs and Jews gather in Wadi Ara, northern Israel, to protest against recent home demolitions in Palestinian communities.

Israeli authorities have approved building permits for 566 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local officials, a move that has drawn condemnation from Palestinian leaders.

PM tells ministers he will remove all obstacles to building in capital, will soon announce extensive construction in settlement blocs.

“The fact that EU countries still trade with settlements is not because international law is unclear, but rather because of a lack of compliance,” writes Tom Moerenhout.

Expensive gifts from Israeli billionaire Milchan to PM and his wife could lead to charges, TV reports claim; ‘police have a lot more material,’ legal source quoted saying.

A senior Palestinian official warned Sunday that a move by the Trump administration to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be perceived as an act of aggression against the entire Muslim world.