Hundreds of demonstrators gather in capital to demand extending sovereignty to West Bank communities ahead of March 2 election

Prime minister says Israel will not take 'unilateral' measures to extend Israeli sovereignty to areas of West Bank, insists Palestinian agreement not needed

But Blue and White co-leader calls on Palestinians to drop intransigence, realize that time is not working in their favor and consider the proposal seriously

Why does Trump's plan allow the Israelis to annex soon but have a Palestinian state only arise in four years? To 'bridge the asymmetry' between the two sides, David Friedman says

Yesha officials express outrage after American envoy Friedman puts breaks on any immediate sovereignty bid; urge Netanyahu to keep his promises on the matter

David Friedman denies threatening Israel, says he only wants to 'let people know where we stand'; also acknowledges 'differences of views' within White House on annexation timing

After giving green light to sovereignty over settlements following rollout of Trump peace plan, ambassador says rash move would 'endanger' plan

After PM backs away from swift annexation pledge, officials in his party slam defense minister for urging immediate action

As he appears to further back away from pledge of swift annexation, PM insists process 'won’t take a lot of time'; doesn't specify whether effort part of US-Israeli map commission

Settlers fume after Hebrew reports on Kushner comments to press indicate PM promised speedy annexation when he had already agreed with US to wait. But Kushner made no such remarks