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US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 16, 2020, 12:37 am
US-Israeli mapping committee for Trump peace plan said finalized
David Friedman, his adviser, and a National Security Council official reportedly to make up American team; Israeli envoy, PM’s aide, and Likud minister said set to represent Israel
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing a briefing hosted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 9, 2020 (Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)
February 9, 2020, 4:32 pm
Envoy warns US could pull support for annexation if Israel ‘ignores’ Trump terms
David Friedman denies threatening Israel, says he only wants to ‘let people know where we stand’; also acknowledges ‘differences of views’ within White House on annexation timing
By Raphael Ahren
Yesha chief foreign envoy Oded Revivi speaks at the umbrella council's event in Washington, DC in support of the settlement movement on March 5, 2018. (Courtesy: Yesha Council)
March 12, 2019, 12:00 pm
In first, settler leader to address upcoming AIPAC conference
Yesha Council chief foreign envoy Oded Revivi to take part in panel discussion; US Israel lobby reiterates support for two-state solution, takes no position on settlements
By Raphael Ahren
US President-elect Donald Trump gives a press conference January 11, 2017 in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert)
January 13, 2017, 7:38 pm
Settler leaders invited to attend Trump inauguration
Yesha Council hails ‘clear indication’ of different attitude of new administration, weeks after Obama failed to veto UN resolution condemning settlements
By AP and ToI Staff
Oded Revivi
July 30, 2016, 12:45 pm
Oded Revivi
Beyond the lines
The YESHA Council of Judea & Samaria’s new foreign desk will work to win hearts and minds on the world stage
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat in his Ramallah office, November 23, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
June 7, 2016, 4:28 pm
PA official decries Rivlin’s ‘apartheid’ West Bank visit
Saeb Erekat claims president’s settlement tour was part of a plan to undermine French peace initiative
By Dov Lieber
Uri Ariel at the Knesset, May 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 14, 2015, 2:10 am
West Bank settlers optimistic over new government
In a narrow ruling coalition, the Jewish Home party is gaining control over the major levers of settlement policy
By Aron Heller
An illustrative photo of workers building a home in East Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, June 2011. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)
June 20, 2014, 12:24 am
Army banned Palestinian workers from settlements after kidnapping
24-hour decree seen as sending message to PA that ‘it is not business as usual,’ but some settlers oppose move
By Mitch Ginsburg
IDF soldiers prepare to search for three kidnapped Jewish teenagers near Hebron, in the West Bank, Saturday, June 14, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2014, 6:32 am
Israel rounds up senior Hamas men in West Bank sweep
Security forces arrest 80, target organization’s leadership amid search for three yeshiva students kidnapped while hitchhiking
By ToI Staff
Israelis pray at the Western Wall for the safe return of three teenagers abducted by Palestinians in the West Bank, Saturday night, June 15, 2014. (photo credit: Hillel Meir/Tazpit News Agency)
June 15, 2014, 3:53 am
Hundreds pray for kidnapped teens at Western Wall
Defense minister imposes closure on Hebron area, shutters Gaza crossings; settlements to deny entry to Palestinian laborers
By ToI Staff
Uri Ariel (left) with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 17, 2013, 9:28 pm
New housing minister rejects settlement freeze as ‘dreadful’ idea
We’ll build in Judea and Samaria at the same pace as we have done up to now, says Jewish Home’s Uri Ariel, a former head of the Yesha settlers council
By ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
July 26, 2012, 11:47 pm
The new great white hope of the religious right?
After making a fortune in high-tech and serving as Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Naftali Bennett is campaigning to lead the Jewish Home party. His platform? Annex much, but not all, of the West Bank
By Raphael Ahren
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