[caption id="attachment_110098" align="alignright" width="241"] Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu[/caption] The United States sees Israels announcement on Sunday of a land appropriation for possible settlement construction in the occupied West Bank as counterproductive to peace efforts and urges the Israeli government to reverse the decision,...

[caption id="attachment_50837" align="alignright" width="240"] File photo shows a settlement construction site in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).[/caption] Fifteen former high-ranking EU officials and politicians have urged the Union not to give in to Israeli and US requests to modify new rules on funding projects in settlements built on Palestinian territories....