Some 50,000 new housing units in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the Green Line are in various stages of planning and approval, planning officials told Haaretz.
Palestinians will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless the Israeli government annuls a decision to build 1,600 houses in East Jerusalem, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Thursday.
US Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a warm speech at Tel Aviv University on Thursday afternoon, stressing the importance of US-Israel friendship and Washington's commitment to the security of the Jewish state.
The Jewish community of Krivoy Rog celebrated two milestones on March 7: a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the future Jewish kindergarten and sports complex, and a ceremony to begin writing a new Torah scroll.
Israel has decided to stop pursuing dozens of West Bank-based members of Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.