After shelving plan bisecting West Bank in January amid international pressure, assuring US it wasn't moving forward, Jerusalem places project back on docket for meeting in July

In joint statement, 15 countries say construction of over 4,000 planned units 'would constitute an additional obstacle to the two-state solution'

More than half of units got final approval for construction; interior minister hails retroactive legalization of two outposts as a ‘celebration for the settlement movement’

Residents of the village of Battir say the settlement has prevented them from accessing their lands

Palestinians rarely receive permission from Israeli military to build in West Bank's Area C; In the same period, 1,169 Palestinian structures without permits demolished by state

Trove dates from various historical periods, including artifacts thousands of years old; indictment expected soon

A meeting to hear objections to the decades-stalled project in the highly controversial area outside Jerusalem has reportedly been indefinitely delayed

Family of victim say his legacy should be the legalization of the Homesh yeshiva: 'Otherwise we feel that this innocent victim's death was in vain'

The carved piece of ammunition bears the name of Seleucid leader Diodotus Tryphon and an emblem of the Greek god Zeus; find announced on 1st night of Hannukah

Dozens of demonstrators try to disrupt evacuation of Geulat Zion, damage vehicles; video shows violent tussle between female officer and protestor