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Tzipi Hotovely (second from left holding flag) leading a settler demonstration calling for the annexation of the Palestinian West Bank last month. (Women in Green/YouTube)Israel’s next ambassador to the UK is a pro-settler activist who has promoted the movement to destroy Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Tzipi Hotovely once claimed that…

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Studying the history of Jewish settlement and state building in the Land of Israel clearly demonstrates that a pragmatic diplomatic strategy, one strongly motivated by an idealistic vision, but one also willing to carefully compromise and steadfastly proceed step by step, has been our country’s ‘winning’ diplomatic strategy. Ben Gurion’s…

1. This ain’t New Zealand: Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, and a downturn in public compliance with the pandemic rules, Israel Hayom leads with a “special report” that is obvious to all Israelis who have recently ventured outdoors, namely that many aren’t abiding by the new guidelines. “The virus…

Twelve cars were vandalized and pro-Israel graffiti spray-painted on the walls of homes in the Palestinian village of As-Sawiya in the northern West Bank, near the settlement of Ariel. LISTEN: Annexation vexation comes between Bibi and the settlersHaaretz Security camera footage from the scene showed unidentified perpetrators puncturing car tires.…

Ira Rappaport makes a tear in the cloth of his shirt, the age-old Jewish sign of grief. US President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan for Middle East peace has filled him with that emotion, he says. “Things are far worse than we thought,” Rappaport laments. “I live in Shiloh,…

As the Israeli government mulls annexing parts of Judea and Samaria, some Jews fear being forgotten and more isolated than ever, engulfed by a new Palestinian state. "That would be a nightmare," said Efrat Dahan, who lives in Otniel, a Jewish settlement that lies beyond larger swathes of land likewise…

A top settler leader said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump and his senior adviser Jared Kushner have shown through their peace proposal that “they are not friends of the State of Israel.” David Elhayani, who chairs the Yesha umbrella council of settlement mayors, made the remark in an interview…

1. Ixnay on the annexation? As Israel closes in on its July 1 annexation target date, the White House appears to be getting cold feet on welcoming the idea, maybe because it has quite a few other issues on its plate at the moment. A well-placed source tells The Times…

The plot of land near the West Bank settlement of Beit El reveals nothing of the drama surrounding it. On one side, Palestinians who claim that the land was fraudulently sold, and on the other, a company headed by elite members of the settlement movement. In the middle is a…