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"The European Union firmly condemns the announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that over 800 hectares of land in the occupied Palestinian territory."

The IDF claims that the "officer expressed remorse" after being reprimanded.

Israel intends to advance plans for 3,000 new settler homes in the aftermath of the West Bank terror attack next to a checkpoint heading into Jerusalem.

Right, and trying to say very little so that he could kind of continue to show that aspect. i just dont know that if donald trump -- how long donald trump will be able to handle that and temperamentally that he will be able to hold this line, especially as these challenges seem to only be increasing and were only three weeks into office. >> three weeks into office, youre talking about watching the president, especially this week. it is crucial. yamiche, meeting with prime minister benjamin netan...

Settlements in israel. that tells me right there that the u.s. policy might not change that much with israel. there might be -- it might look like its different. it might be a different person but if donald trump is saying you cant build settlements, it inhibits peace in the region, thats a big deal. >> what will that do to the relationship when youre looking at the relationship that president obama had with benjamin netanyahu, joe? now we have this meeting coming up. what can you expect when it...

Concerned about this. russia is effectively in alliance with syria, iran and hezbollah, who are die hard enemies of israel. so, they have been very concerned about the potential rapport between the united states and russia. israeli attitudes have seemed to change over the next few weeks. now theyre hoping that trump could convince putin to essentially move away from iran and isolate iran in the region and get russias cooperation on that. potentially a better relationship between the united state...

Iran will be the item that will really dominate this meeting. not only in terms of what the israelis want, which is to ensure that the nuclear agreement -- theyre not wanting or expecting it to be scrapped but they want it to be really the iranians to really be closely monitored. also, irans aggressive behavior across the region to be checked. in particular, they want to test out the u.s. willingness to impose more sanctions in iran. the other issue is what kind of agreement the united states mi...

Was frosty, one way to put it. that personal relationship with president trump and benjamin netanyahu, how will this come about, especially when you see -- you know the presidents stance on settlements there. he doesnt support them. >> well, his position on settlements has changed quite considerably, just in the last few weeks. he has proven himself to be very unpredictable. so its quite hard to know exactly how his attitudes will continue to evolve. but i think he has already indicated that his...

Watching this meeting and what will they be specifically looking for? >> i think all eyes will be on him wednesday. i think theyre trying to see exactly what promises hes actually backing away from, how far hes backing away from them, what is the actual policy that will come out of here and really how this relationship will go moving forward with israel. really how this comes out of it and the reaction will be critical. and thats why so many people are focused on it. thats the biggest move this ...

How important is it to repair this relationship and what about that -- >> its repaired. >> its repaired already? >> got repaired as soon as i took the -- >> within five minutes? >> yeah, its repaired. we have a good relationship. israel has been treated very badly. we have a good relationship with them. >> youre holding back the last-minute money that president trump gave to the palestinians? >> were going to see what happens. yeah. i dont want to talk about it. >> where do you stand on the emba...