In wake of Hamas atrocities in southern Israel, idea of returning to Gush Katif bloc grows in popularity among some who lived there before Israel's unilateral withdrawal in 2005
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New government approved the construction of 12,855 new housing units throughout the West Bank so far this year, says Peace Now

Tear gas reportedly used to disperse demonstrators, including Joint List MK, who came to express solidarity with Palestinian village of Burqa and call for outpost to be dismantled

Diaspora affairs minister with history of contentious remarks made comment at meeting in US earlier this month; says he wasn't trying to be confrontational

Songs replaced speeches at an unusual rally focused on healing the deepening political and societal rift

A founder of the settler movement, who coined the term Gush Emunim, Druckman influenced country's top leaders as an educator and major force in Israeli society

Israeli generic drugmaker hires former Novartis executive Richard Francis to take over as new CEO starting January 1

Political correspondent Tal Schneider gives a mixed review of PM Yair Lapid's trip and delves into rise of Israeli arms exports; settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on Arab violence

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on National Unity disunity; religion reporter Judah Ari Gross on incentives to bury stillbirths and pressure on recalcitrant husbands

Fresh figures released by Central Bureau of Statistics show roughly one out of every 10 people who arrived to Israel from the US made their way to a West Bank settlement