Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also responsible for much of West Bank settlement activity, comes under fire as memorial to teenager slain in terror attack is removed

Foreign Ministry lifts ban on AUR party, which issues statement partly walking back glorification of fascists and objection to Holocaust studies; Yad Vashem: We weren't consulted

Regional council head urges deadly reprisals for attacks, following the example of early left-wing governments; Border Police officer lightly hurt in settler riot

Yesh Din says extremist settlers attacked Palestinians in nearby village of Burqa, harming several, while local council head says Palestinians threw rocks, hurting one settler

Thousands plan to spend Seder night in Homesh and Evyatar this Passover and then stay on, taking advantage of the hardline government's policy reversal they see as a watershed

After Likud aide shows some of unit's soldiers criticizing 'occupation' on personal Twitter accounts, Yossi Dagan says it should be shut down, reopened anew; Lapid: 'Ugly smears'

Vehicle was returning Israelis from Hanukkah candlelighting event at site of former settlement; local Islamic Jihad wing claims responsibility

Tamir Avihai, 50, was a resident of the Kiryat Netafim settlement; head of Samaria Regional Council remembers him as loved by all who knew him, always seeking to help others

Previous renovations have taken place under the cover of darkness; two Palestinians injured in clashes with IDF at site; Samaria council head calls for reinstated IDF presence

Chairman of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan hosts local Palestinian leaders for Iftar break-fast in rare display of coexistence