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European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

EU condemns expansion of 'illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank'

By EVE YOUNG , TOVAH LAZAROFF

IDF soldier seen walking between two armored vehicles in Gaza, December 20, 2023.

Israeli commander calls to resettle Gaza, reprimanded by IDF

By MAARIV ONLINE

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in Tel Aviv, last week.

Blinken, Kirby 'disappointed' in Israel's approval for thousands of new West Bank homes

By HANNAH SARISOHN

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

US tells Israel settlements serious issue, raised at highest level

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, Jan. 28, 2020.

Israel sets borders for three recently-legalized West Bank outposts

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Settlers aim for 1 million Israelis living in West Bank's Samaria by 2050

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

PALESTINIAN RESIDENTIAL buildings and a mosque are seen beyond Israel’s separation wall surrounding the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem.

Facing reality: Beyond the state of denial in Israeli-Palestinian relations - opinion

By GERSHON BASKIN

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh in the West Bank on May 28, 2022.

State confirms plans to return Israelis to destroyed Homesh settlement

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Border police officers (left) guard outside the Cave of the Patriarchs. Hebron’s Jewish roots stretch back to the Bible.

There’s no such thing as ‘the’ settlements - opinion

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a candle to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day during his speech to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "The Middle East, including the Palestinian question" at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 25, 2023.

UN warns West Bank violence could ignite Gaza

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank

Israel creates fast track for settlement building, Palestinians cancel meeting

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Amitai Etzioni, German-born Israeli-American sociologist who founded the Communitarian Network.

The Israeli origins of Amitai Etzioni’s big ideas about community

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

A construction site of a new residential neighborhood at the mixed religious-secular Jewish settlement in the West Bank Kfar Adumim, March 9, 2023.

Arkansas legislature names ‘Judea and Samaria’ as ‘Israel’s biblical heartland’ in resolution

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh in the West Bank on May 28, 2022.

US criticizes Israeli order on West Bank settler outpost of Homesh

By REUTERS

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount, May 21, 2023

Washington troubled by Ben-Gvir's 'provocative' Temple Mount visit - State Dept

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Le Rav David Stav

Senior religious Zionist Rabbi: Rift in Judaism, Israel is dangerous

THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council holds a regular meeting on the situation in the Middle East, focusing on Israel in relation to the Palestinians.

Republicans urge Biden to veto anti-Israel UNSC resolution on Monday

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks during a news conference in Washington, US, March 10, 2022.

Settlement legalization inconsistent with Israeli democracy, US says

By TOVAH LAZAROFF