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Princeton graduate student Xiyue Wang traded for Iranian stem cell researcher Massoud Soleimani, in rare cooperation between two state foes

Railing at judiciary for placing limits on transitional governments, New Right MK says annexation of parts of West Bank can and should take place immediately

Insisting he did raise annexing Jordan Valley with secretary of state, PM says time to 'regularize all communities in Judea and Samaria, those in the blocs and those outside them'

PM had explicitly said that he and the US Secretary of State discussed the possible move in a meeting last week; senior US official says no such plan was presented

Report says Rabat also scuppered US Secretary of State's audience with monarch and refused to discuss normalization between Israel and Morocco; PMO dismisses 'lies'

Measure that condemns any West Bank annexation passes mostly on partisan lines and comes after two leaders discussed prospects of extending Israeli sovereignty over Jordan Valley