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Herzog tells UK that labeling settlement goods ‘rewards terror’

Opposition leader says EU’s imminent branding of West Bank products will harm Palestinian workers, push peace further away

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Hotovely to Spanish FM: Labeling settlement goods ‘rewards terror’

Deputy FM says EU decision to brand products made in West Bank will harm Palestinian workers, push peace away

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Israel said to okay initial plans for over 2,000 new settlement homes

Plan would see about 2,200 homes built in Jewish settlements east of Ramallah, but must pass several other hurdles before approval

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White House: Peace deal, or even talks, unlikely in coming year

Spokesman says Netanyahu’s comments on commitment to two states ‘encouraging’ but settlement policy ‘counterproductive’

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EU envoy insists settlement labeling purely ‘technical’

Guidelines to mark products from West Bank and Golan merely solidify policies that are more than a decade old, ambassador says

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US: EU labeling on settlement goods is no Israel boycott

Meretz chief Zehava Galon agrees with State Department assessment that tagging products doesn’t constitute anti-Semitism

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Family of Palestinian terror suspect deny they turned him in

Shadi Ahmad Matua’s relative disputes Shin Bet report that his father and brother informed on him to avoid razing of the family home

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EU envoy: Comparing labeling to Holocaust cheapens memory

Those accusing Europe of hypocrisy should explain how settlement expansion jives with commitment to two states, Faaborg-Andersen says

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PM to Kerry: Calm must return before we make West Bank gestures

According to Israeli official, Netanyahu told US diplomat there will be no settlement freeze, PA religious incitement is at root of attacks

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Terror shakes suburban normalcy of Gush Etzion

Hit hard by attacks, residents of settlement bloc halfway between Jerusalem and Hebron demand greater security, disagree over interaction with local Palestinians

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Mass. senators under fire for upcoming Israel trip

Pro-Palestinian coalition says visit displays a tacit endorsement of Jewish state’s policies on settlement building in West Bank

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Report: IDF planning to demolish home of Litmans’ killer

Military confirms visit to Hebron residence of Shadi Matua’s family; Hamas website says army warned that house would be razed

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Netanyahu suspends EU peace role over settlement labeling

Prime minister confirms dialogue with bloc on peace talks is to be frozen pending ‘reassessment’

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Bennett: Annex major West Bank settlement bloc

Though ‘imperfect,’ Jewish Home party leader says plan to appropriate Gush Etzion is the ‘reasonable, sane’ approach

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PM points to Palestinian denial of Jewish state as root of conflict

WATCH: Speaking to Saban Forum, Netanyahu derides as ‘childish and irrelevant’ claims that settlements at core of Israel-Palestinian fighting

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EU refuses to back down from settlement labeling policy

Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini reiterates that marking Israeli products from West Bank is not intended as a boycott

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Ex-ICC prosecutor praises, but doesn’t endorse, Israeli report on...

‘You have great lawyers in Israel. You have to present your side of the argument,’ Luis Moreno Ocampo says during visit to Jerusalem

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After outcry, alternative wine guide to include settlement booze

Book pushed by right-wing lawmakers Kisch and Smotrich after earlier publication left settler vino out of reviews

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After Duma, a very narrow bridge for Naftali Bennett

As the political leader of Orthodox Zionism freely admits, the existence of Jewish terrorism threatens to upend all that his community has toiled to build

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Peace Now: Israel planning 8,372 homes in sensitive West Bank area

Housing minister denies any preparation for building in E1 corridor between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, after report says major construction scheduled

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