Representatives from Yesha umbrella group of settler mayors join national religious opposition party for faction meeting, say they reject annexation if it leads to Palestine

In effort to thwart deal, West Bank mayors lobby right-wing MKs with blown-up map showing proposal's 15 envisioned enclave settlements surrounded by large red Palestinian state

Yossi Dagan slams proposal's backing for Palestinian state and creation of West Bank settlement enclaves, says Netanyahu should approve annexation even without US backing

Israeli mayors flew to DC for Trump plan rollout, believing US would back sovereignty within days, but 1 of them says colleague's press release blasting proposal changed everything

Israeli heads of West Bank councils claim Washington trying to use its support for annexation to force Israel into agreeing to Palestinian statehood, which they oppose

Official says Islam Dweikat had been in intensive care since he was shot at a confrontation last month during which another Palestinian teenager was killed

Politicians denounce attack on police jeep outside Yitzhar, which seems to be response to crackdown on nearby outpost, but fall short of calling perpetrators 'terrorists'

IDF says 500 Palestinians carried out violent riot; PA official says was a sit-in to stop settlers taking over hilltop; 16 others said wounded, 2 critical; military opens probe

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

Settler leaders vow to enlarge the 15 West Bank settlements that under US president's proposal would become sovereign Israeli islands in a potential Palestinian state