The United States on Monday reiterated its opposition to new Israeli settlement activity on West Bank land including in the site known as \”E1\”, which it said could be especially damaging to efforts to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rahm Emanuel said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu betrayed the Obama administration by announcing a new settlement expansion and the cutoff of tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.
The United States is planning action should the Syrian regime use its chemical weapons, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.
Protesters in Vienna reportedly called out “death to the Jews” at a demonstration near the Austrian chancellor’s office.
A gay Israeli couple for the first time was granted a divorce by an Israeli family court.
A Palestinian man was shot dead after crashing his car into an Israeli army jeep in the West Bank and attacking the occupants with an axe.
Israel faced concerted criticism from Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations\’ de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
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