A delegation of US senior officials, headed by National Security Advisor John Bolton, met for dinner with Israeli counterparts in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem, a tourist site run by the right-wing organization Elad that promotes Jewish settlement in eastern Jerusalem.

Today, two large-scale plans for a total of 608 new housing units beyond the Green Line were deposited for public objections. Along with these large-scale construction plans beyond the Green Line, plans are being advanced with increased vigor in the Palestinian neighborhoods around the Old City.

As part of reinforcing the territorial contiguity of Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, the Jewish settlement movement relocates its main building to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

Among the plans published are projects for 211 homes in Ma’ale Efraim in the Jordan Valley, 54 homes in Givat Ze’ev, 52 in Beit Aryeh and 42 in Ariel.

The United Nations has run out of funding to pay for fuel needed for hospitals, water plants and other critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, the UN political chief said Wednesday.

“A real truce will require the PLO’s blessing and the participation of various factions besides Hamas.”

“This is a dramatic development. The situation on the ground is changing rapidly,” Shabtay Bendet, head of Peace Now’s Settlements Watch Team, told Al-Monitor.

Canary Mission has exploited its anonymity to smear college students with impunity. The Grayzone has obtained documents identifying the owner of the malicious anti-Palestinian organization’s web domain.