Speaking at fifth Democratic debate in LA, the Vermont senator and presidential hopeful says Washington should 'level the paying field' in Mideast

Head of world body says settlements have 'no legal effect' following Trump administration announcement that it doesn't necessarily consider Israeli communities West Bank illegal

US secretary of state says determination that Israeli communities in West Bank aren't necessarily illegal is not a policy shift but a reversal of legal opinion by John Kerry

Amnesty activist Laith Abu Zeyad woke up one day to find that he was a virtual prisoner in the West Bank due to a ruling by the Shin Bet, which claims he poses a 'serious threat'

Group in Spain to lobby against labeling of settlements products; Palestinian members derided as traitors by demonstrators

Candidate for Likud party leadership tours contested area near Jerusalem, declares 'actions, not words' will determine Israel's hold of West Bank

Move would be a counter to recent US declaration that it no longer views Israel's West Bank settlements as illegal

Ze'ev Elkin says stipulation, originally penned to prevent money from flowing to outposts, is discriminatory as it does not appear in other budgetary decisions passed by cabinet

King Abdullah II likely won't be able to withstand public pressure and will end treaty after 25 years, security officials reportedly tell Netanyahu

But Simon Coveney insists on two-state solution; says Dublin 'effectively blocked' bill that would criminalize import of settlement goods