“We are not afraid. The settlements are stronger than ever, and will continue to develop and grow,” said Yossi Dagan.

The White House policy team is recruiting staffers from other government agencies to help them message the plan to the public.

A Middle Eastern intelligence official told the "New York Times" that he believed the reason for the assassination was Asbar's involvement in Syria's missile program.

The Netanyahus requested Mandeblit to delay the investigation of the prime minister because "in a democracy investigations must be conducted objectively, which is not the case in this instance."

Two elite Maglan soldiers injured in two separate incidents; relatives contest IDF decision

"The enforcement system of the Archaeological Staff Officer Unit will continue to use all the tools at its disposal to arrest and prosecute those offenders,"said Archaeologist Benjamin Har-Even.

Right-wing politicians have increasingly pushed to apply Israeli law to the West Bank, in what Left-wing politicians and the international community have warned is a form of “creeping annexation.”