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IDF soldiers on guard at the Gush Etzion junction, an area which has been hit by several terror attacks in the past weeks, November 23, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
November 24, 2015, 9:21 pm
Driver tries to hit Israeli troops in West Bank; no injuries
Car flees site of attempted attack; Israeli vehicles hit by gunfire, stones in separate West Bank attacks, one lightly hurt
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of a West Bank settlement, December 17, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 24, 2015, 7:28 pm
Israel reportedly planning 48,000 new homes in West Bank
One sixth of 279,000 proposed tenders situated across Green Line, according to Yedioth daily; Peace Now counts nearly 5,000 new units over 2014
By Avi Lewis
The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, Jerusalem (photo credit: Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2014, 4:00 am
US-Israel ties in crisis over East Jerusalem building plans
Implying that Netanyahu’s talk of peace is insincere, Washington warns new project will ‘distance Israel from closest allies’; PM says he rejects US criticism
By TOI staff and AP
An engineer surveying the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa in 2012. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
October 1, 2014, 11:04 pm
US warns East Jerusalem housing plans will ‘distance Israel from even its closest allies’
In strikingly bitter language, White House and State Department say move ‘will poison atmosphere,’ call into question Israel’s commitment to peace
By Adiv Sterman and AP
Givat Hamatos neighborhood (photo credit: YouTube screen grab)
October 1, 2014, 7:54 pm
Israel okays 2,610 homes for Jews and Arabs in E. Jerusalem
Construction in Givat Hamatos approved by Jerusalem committee ahead of PM’s meeting with Obama in Washington
By TOI staff
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, left, with FM Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem, January 13, 2014 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir)
September 10, 2014, 1:06 pm
Australia calls on Israel to rethink West Bank land grab
Canberra, normally seen as empathetic to Israeli settlement policy, joins international community in condemning move
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The Beit Aryeh settlement in the West Bank, January 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 5, 2014, 11:59 am
Israel publishes tender for 283 settlement homes
Land Authority announces expansion of Elkana in West Bank, days after land appropriation move
By AFP and TOI staff
A panoramic view of the Etzion Bloc region of the West Bank (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 3, 2014, 3:14 am
Israel’s land seizure: political favor or West Bank game-changer?
Some experts say though the move hurts Israel diplomatically, critics overstate its importance on the ground
By Ben Sales
An outpost established in the Etzion Bloc after the killing of three Israeli teens in June (photo credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council)
September 1, 2014, 6:22 pm
Britain condemns Israel’s ‘ill-judged’ West Bank land grab
UK foreign secretary says appropriation of nearly 1,000 acres near Bethlehem is ‘an obstacle to peace’
By TOI staff
Then opposition MK and current Justice Minister Tzipi Livni visiting the Gvaot settlement in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
September 1, 2014, 3:35 pm
West Bank land appropriation harming Israel, Livni says
Justice minister says decision to seize about 1,000 acres will tarnish country’s reputation
By TOI staff
A panoramic view of the Etzion Bloc region of the West Bank (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 1, 2014, 1:51 am
US urges Israel to reverse West Bank land seizure
American official says decision to expand Gvaot settlement in wake of three Jewish teens’ killing is harmful to peace process
By Lazar Berman and Stuart Winer
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
August 31, 2014, 5:43 pm
Palestinians pan Israeli West Bank land appropriation
Top PA negotiator calls for diplomatic action over move to expand Gvaot settlement in wake of three Jewish teens’ killing
By Lazar Berman and Stuart Winer
Then opposition MK and current Justice Minister Tzipi Livni visiting the Gvaot settlement in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
August 31, 2014, 2:39 pm
State seizes 1,000 acres in West Bank
Peace Now says move near spot where three teens were abducted is a ‘stab in the back’ for moderates in the Palestinian Authority
By Stuart Winer
Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel at a meeting of the Jewish Home party on October 28, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 14, 2013, 8:35 am
Uri 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
By TOI staff
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