The Latest Breaking News from Israel

The Biden administration condemned an Israeli parliament vote repealing a 2005 law that barred settlers from parts of the West Bank, calling the move “provocative and counterproductive.”

Washington also denounces comments by Israeli minister claiming Palestinian people are ‘an invention’ of past century.

Timing is controversial given actions of Israel’s far-right government towards settlements and judiciary

The Israeli parliament on Tuesday paved the way for Jewish settlers' return to four settlements in the occupied West Bank by amending a 2005 law that ordered their evacuation, a move condemned by the Palestinian Authority and the European Union.

The amendment could see Israelis resettle four outposts in the northern occupied West Bank evacuated in 2005.

Israeli parliament on Tuesday repealed legislation that ordered the evacuation of four settlements in the occupied West Bank, one of the first major moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition. The original law, passed in 2005, mandated the evacuation of four Jewish settlements in the northern West Bank along…

Israeli lawmakers have repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip

Jordan said it has received assurance from Israel that the behaviour of a top cabinet minister, who spoke at a podium adorned with an Israeli flag that appeared to include Jordan, did not represent their position, an official source said on Tuesday.

Senior officials at Israel's Finance Ministry warned that the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary could significantly harm the economy, according to documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday.