“This move is very dramatic and allows the state to gain control of almost all of Area C,” said Hagit Ofran, the director of Peace Now's SettlementWatch program ... revert to Israeli state control.
As Hakeem Jeffries sits in the minority of a GOP-controlled Washington, he is still haunted by a Republican gerrymandering gambit that he believes cost him the speaker’s gavel — and cost his party control of the House....
Palestinians have demanded intervention from the international community, which deems Israeli settlement construction in the occupied territory illegal ... .