Benjamin Netanyahu

After new building restrictions, Israeli settlers lower expectations for Trump era

Leaders went as far as to welcome the government's decision to restrict construction to developed areas of existing West Bank Jewish communities.

By Andrew Tobin April 2, 2017 1:46 pm

Netanyahu says Israel will limit settlement expansion as gesture to Trump

After Israel's security cabinet approved the first new settlement in decades, the prime minister said he would heed Trump's request to "hold back" on construction.

March 31, 2017 10:15 am

US understands construction of new Israeli settlement, White House official says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made a commitment to the residents of an evacuated West Bank outpost, the official said, prior to President Trump saying he would like to see Israel “hold back on settlements a little bit.”

March 31, 2017 6:01 am