"We have been clear that advancing settlements is an obstacle to peace and the achievement of a two-state solution," embassy says after it emerged that Defense Minister Gallant was poised to implement controversial measure from March.
The survey, which was conducted among a representative sample of 1,191 citizens, revealed that 70% of the Jewish public feel a historical connection to Judea and Samaria, 63% an emotional connection, and 48% a religious connection. As far as living in Judea and Samaria is concerned, 47% of the Jewish survey respondents say that they would consider moving there.
“We are here not to give in to terrorism. If we give in to terrorism here, we will give into terrorism everywhere in Israel,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who led some 20,000 protesters to Evyatar, says.
"Seventeen years of attempts, an uncompromising struggle, and a strong belief in the righteousness of this path converged into one moment today,” says MK Yuli Edelstein, who sponsored the measure.
Sunday's events kicked off when a Palestinian terrorist shot and killed brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, ages 21 and 19, from the Jewish settlement of Har Brachah, in a shooting ambush in the Palestinian town of Hawara in the northern West Bank. The gunman fled.
PM Netanyahu says agreement between finance and defense ministers on sharing powers of Civil Administration is part of the implementation of the Coalition deals.
Washington is working with partners at the UN in New York on "next steps," Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel says.
The text, which could be vetoed even if there is a majority, "reaffirms that the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including east Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law."
While Washington's response is "understandable," they know that the Israeli government is "committed to the settlements," the finance minister says.
Palestinian government agencies have been promoting the sale of dozens of new housing units on a historic biblical site, in breach of agreements with Israel.
