JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A close ally of Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu says the prime minister will go ahead with plans to build new West Bank Jewish settlement housing.
BERLIN, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A halt to West Bank settlement construction is crucial to achieve a Middle East peace, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Berlin press conference.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly agreed to exclude east Jerusalem from any future settlement freeze, Israeli and western officials said.
JERUSALEM, July 30 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu froze construction of 900 apartments in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, an Israeli television report said.
JERUSALEM, June 25 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says constructing towers like those in a Tuscan village would solve the natural growth needs in West Bank settlements.
JERUSALEM, June 9 (UPI) -- The future of West Bank settlements could be a decisive issue in Palestinian peace talks, an Israel daily newspaper said Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Benjamin Netanyahu, chairman of Israel's Likud Party, says he will not support Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan to evacuate West Bank settlements.
