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U.S. officials were prepared to swallow the approval of 2,000 to 3,000 housing units in the West Bank in light of the shaky Bennett government’s need to shore up support among right-wing voters, an Israeli source said

The move helps shore up Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's fragile coalition but will likely anger the Biden Administration.

Associates of the prime minister say there’s an 80 percent chance the government will last another month or so, as Bennett and sidekick Lapid suspiciously eye each other. Also, Netanyahu's incitement has marred Memorial Day, too

Officials deny report White House threatened to nix upcoming Biden trip over approvals, but say it made its position against the plan clear; 2 outposts to get retroactive approval

A majority of the allotted housing units will be in ultra-Orthodox settlements - Click the link for more details.

The move, which still needs the Knesset's approval, is designed to keep a legislator from Naftali Bennett's Yamina party in the shaky governing coalition

Amid escalating tensions, notably regarding the Temple Mount, calls are mounting for Mansour Abbas's party to make its current temporary suspension from coalition permanent

Ra’am’s Shura Council to decide the government's fate as Knesset reconvenes.


Bennett hoped to remain on good terms with Putin in order to retain Israel’s operational freedom in Syria.

Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas' coordination with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about his visit last week to Jordan and his meeting with King Abdullah might signal that he is willing to end his party’s suspension of activity in the coalition.