Administration figures add the move also should not be seen as support for 'unrestrained building'; US ambassador to Israel said behind shift in American approach

Official in former US president's administration denies 'outrageous lie,' says Stephanie Grisham should be 'fired'

PM begins crucial meeting with rival Gantz on potential coalition, after calling on him to make use of 'unique opportunity' posed by US's settlement policy shift

Lebanese terror group says Pompeo's announcement 'won’t change the reality that the Israeli entity is an occupier'

American official quoted as saying Washington would have delayed announcement if Blue and White chief had said he was close to forming coalition

In wake of Pompeo's announcement, Netanyahu reportedly approves effort to have Likud MK's bill go up for Knesset vote as early as next week; however, timing could prove problematic

Experts say new US policy less dramatic than it sounds as it simply reinstates Reagan-era ambiguity on settlements' legal status. Others warn it prejudges final status of West Bank

Frontrunners Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg speak out against Trump administration's announcement that settlements not 'inconsistent with international law'

Breaking with decades of policy, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declares Israel's West Bank settlements not 'inconsistent with international law'

After Washington says settlements not illegal, European Union says its position 'remains unchanged'; UN Security Council to hold meeting to discuss the move