Aiming to calm critics, Netanyahu cancels massive settlement plan
PM says move for 20,000 units harms settlements and undermines efforts to stymie Iran’s nuclear ambitions; US wants answers; Palestinians threaten ‘end of peace process’
View ArticlePA negotiators resign over West Bank construction
Abbas says he believes peace talks will continue despite upheaval, considers appointing new team; Steinitz promises settlement construction to go on cautiously
View ArticleUri Ariel denies PM rebuked him over settlement tenders
Housing minister says it would be a ‘great success’ if plans nixed by Netanyahu produced first apartments in six or seven years
View ArticlePA adviser doubts deal possible with Israel’s coalition
Nimr Hamad, senior aide to Mahmoud Abbas, suggests talks on refugee return will wait till after 9-month negotiations window
View ArticleWest Bank construction up 130% in 2013
Elsewhere, building up only 5%; housing minister vows to push for new apartments across the country in 2014
View ArticleIsraeli toddler injured in Jerusalem stoning attack
2-year-old suffers head wound as car is pelted by an unknown assailant; attack comes amid rise in West Bank violence
View Article‘Palestinians threaten to end peace talks’
Channel 2: PA officials tell US that if recently announced settlement construction isn’t frozen, they’ll walk
View ArticleSupreme Court defends private security in East Jerusalem
Israel’s highest court rebuffs argument that private guards funded by the Housing Ministry carry out unlawful policing
View ArticleUS denies Kerry approved settlement building plans
Israel’s housing minister ‘not in a position to describe’ US envoy’s conversations with Netanyahu, Washington source says
View ArticleThousands march to demand more settlement construction
In rally at E1 corridor, right-wing demonstrators urge government to ‘withstand pressure from foreign entities’ and build more
View ArticleHousing Minister: We marched to support PM in talks
Uri Ariel denies Thursday’s rally of thousands calling for more settlement construction was meant to pressure Netanyahu
View ArticleCabinet okays tax-free homes for first-time buyers
Tax breaks, ‘target prices’ approved in effort to reduce housing costs for young families; Bank of Israel governor unimpressed
View ArticleHousing panel okays tax-free homes for first-time buyers
Finance minister says move aims to reduce prices for young, middle-class couples; bill heads to Knesset for approval
View ArticleMinisters okay work permits for 5,000 Palestinians
37,500 West Bank workers can now enter Israel; Housing Ministry seeks to boost residential construction
View ArticleIsrael’s housing minister may rent home in East Jerusalem
Uri Ariel, who moved to a Gaza settlement in solidarity before 2005 withdrawal, looks into taking an apartment in disputed Silwan
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