Peace Now, a monitoring group opposing Israeli settlements, said on Tuesday that the West Bank saw a surge in settlements' construction in 2019. The watchdog group released a report during which it highlighted the rise in Israel's average annual construction rate to 25%.

The right-wing bloc lead by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 58 seats and all those politicians belong to parties that would support sovereignty.

Pressuring Israel to partake in negotiations, particularly negotiations doomed to fail from the outset, does not bode well for future Israeli cooperation in US regional policies.

Head of the Likud party in the Knesset Miki Zohar submitted two draft bills to annex the Jordan Valley and the Hebron desert in the West Bank to Israel, and to impose the death penalty on Palestinians. The two bills fall within the context of the internal political struggle, and…

The low numbers continue a trend, in which cumulative settler starts down by over 20% during the three years since US President Donald Trump took office.

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel closed off Palestinian-administered areas of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, officials from both sides said.