“The White House says that ‘…we don’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace.’ That is a direct break with 50 years of fully bipartisan US policy on the matter,” writes Mitchell Plitnick.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Friday insisted that the Palestinians — not Israeli policy — was responsible for stalled talks, and highlighted the White House’s stated stance that expansion in these communities was “not an obstacle to peace.”

Lawmakers are preparing a slew of measures aimed at curbing what they see as anti-Israel discrimination at the UN.

“Israel has set a great example of racist bans and walls for Trump to follow,” writes Yasmeen El Khoudary.

Barely 300 people live in Amona, but with so much attention focused on this one, small place, is the international community losing sight of the bigger issues that surround Israel’s illegal settlement program?

Israeli forces patrol known West Bank hot spots to prevent far-right activists taking revenge on Palestinians after outpost removal.

Believing it will deal a fatal blow to any future peace process, the Palestinian Authority has warned of escalation if Israel annexes the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank to Jerusalem.

The seizure of the land and uprooting of olive trees have severely harmed the landowners, who have lost a source of income and a major financial asset, as well as an open space that served all local residents for leisure and recreational activities.

Israel accuses Mohammed al-Halabi, head of Gaza operations for the global Christian charity World Vision, of siphoning funds to Hamas.