UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said Wednesday that the current pause in Israel's settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, must become permanent. There were no new settlement housing plans advanced, approved or tendered between June 12 and Sept. 27, Wennesland told the Security Council in ...
In a pre-dawn raid, Israeli settlers Thursday seized control of three Palestinian-owned buildings and a piece of land in occupied East Jerusalem. The settlers immediately raised Israeli flags ...