Chaim Levinson

Alternative settlement will take too long to approve, if it can be approved at all, experts say.

Soldier, two young women suspected of entering Luban al-Sharqiya near Nablus, spraying 'Muhammad is a Pig' on a village home and vandalizing a local construction shop.

Following a tense day of balloting with low voter turnout Netanyahu beat Feiglin 77 percent to 23 percent.

Speaking at West Bank settlement, Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar says withdrawal from Gaza Strip 'did not improve or elevate Israel’s status, nor did it help achieve peace and security.'

Alan Baker to be member of committee which 'will examine real estate issues in the West Bank,' Prime Minister's Bureau announces.

While reports of alleged harassment in the PM's Office cause a media storm, the congregation in Natan Eshel's synagogue is confident he is innocent.

Sources told Haaretz last week that Natan Eshel sexually harassed an official in the Prime Minister's Office; sources close to Eshel said it was 'cheap gossip.'

Over the last two years, settlement activists have been working hard to get settlers to join Likud, with the goal of influencing the party from within.

PM asks Migron settlers to voluntarily evacuate the outpost and receive support to establish a community on nearby state land in return.

The face of Ruth Fogel, who was murdered with four of her family members last year, was blurred out in an ad printed in the religious bulletin, whose policy is to refrain from publishing photos of women.

Some 3,000 career officers a year make the trip, which is preceded by a mandatory seminar at Yad Vashem or the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum.

Three settlers injured in clashes with security forces at Yisa Bracha; three police officers also hurt when roof collapsed during attempted evacuation of protester.

Settlement leaders frequently complain about the noise of the muezzins, whose electronically amplified calls to prayer can easily be heard in nearby Jewish settlements, including at night when people are trying to sleep.

Outpost is due to be evacuated by end of March according to High Court ruling, but officer says evacuation might 'blur the distinction' between inhabitants and more extremist settlers.

Amjad Awad, a 19-year-old student, sentenced for carrying out the crime with his cousin, Hakim Awad, who was already sentenced to five consecutive life sentences in October 2011.

Judges contemplated whether to impose death penalty on Amjad Awad, 19, who killed five members of Fogel family in 2011.

Decision follows secret meeting between IDF Chief Rabbi and religious Zionist rabbis, at which the latter demanded Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz's resignation.

Three different cases exemplify the way in which Israel Police illegally arrest settlers, search homes without warrants, and conduct 'flawed' interrogations of Palestinian minors.

Move comes month after rampage by settlers at an IDF base in the West Bank; Police say they've been told to get tougher in seeking indictments.

Paratrooper Amichai Zoaretz was arrested by military police on suspicion of disclosing information to rightist extremists who organized riots at a West Bank military base last month.

Dismantling of structures in Mitzpe Avichai follows razing of Givat Arye and Gal Yossef; restraining order slapped against leader of outpost, banning him from West Bank.

Revelation comes as PM Netanyahu announces plan to build 277 housing units in Efrat settlement as part of series of reprisals for the PA's admission to UNESCO in October.

The government promised last year to retroactively legalize some 600 houses in 11 illegal outposts - it is not clear when this will actually happen.

Ruling comes days after 5 were indicted for tracking, disrupting army operations in West Bank; Jerusalem prosecution asks delay of ruling to appeal to Supreme Court.

The five are Akiva Hacohen, 27; David Eliyahu, 19; Meir Ettinger, 20; Effi Chaikin, 20; and Elad Meir, 35. All are residents of settlements; Ettinger is a grandson of the late Kach leader, Meir Kahane.