Foreign minister says Washington welcome to open mission to Palestinians in Ramallah if it wishes; believes there is 'understanding' in US toward blacklisting of rights groups

A day after US rebuke, UK, France and Germany are among countries saying Israel should ‘immediately’ scrap project

Deputy secretary of state tells senators 'we need the consent of the host government to open any diplomatic facility,' including a Jerusalem office to serve Palestinians

State Department says it believes 'that it remains possible to quickly reach and implement an understanding on return to mutual full compliance' with 2015 accord

Conversation between defense minister and US secretary of state over West Bank construction was 'tense,' according to report

Missionaries said to have been on their way home from building an orphanage; US government says it's aware of the reports

Biden appoints Amos Hochstein to oversee negotiations aimed at resolving dispute over lucrative natural gas exploration rights; will visit Israel, Lebanon later this month

Fritz Berggren has been a mid-level civil servant since 2009; the blog under his own name spreads white nationalist and antisemitic content

Spokesman says expected approval of several thousand new housing units 'will make achieving a two-state solution much more difficult'

Deal for Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallions to replace IDF's aging fleet gets greenlight; US says it's in its own national interests for Israel to have strong self-defense capability