The unexpected statement also emphasised that “the Trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity” and that “as the President has expressed many times, he hopes to achieve peace throughout the Middle East region”.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini: announcement of new Israeli settlements building “marks a very worrying trend, posing a direct challenge to the prospects of a viable two-state solution, which is increasingly difficult and risks becoming impossible.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May next week, the British media reported.

A diplomatic spat between Israel and Mexico came to an end after the presidents of both countries had a phone call to smooth over ties.

The European Coalition for Israel (ECI) called on the new US Administration to remain fully committed to the international efforts to combat anti-Semitism and Islamic extremism and to help persecuted religious minorities in Europe and the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit the White House on 15 February for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump since he took office.

The Jewish community of Mexico criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comment supporting US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on he US-Mexico border.

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), the country’s foreign ministry, has denied requests from a Swiss resident and from NGO Monitor research institute to provide public information about Swiss government funding to the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat (the IHL Secretariat), a Ramallah-based framework that distributes 56% of its budget to NGOs that advocate for BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) campaigns against Israel.

In a statement, the European Union said the announcement by the Israeli government on 24 January to build 2.500 settlement units across the West Bank, and the approval of building permits for 566 settlement units in East Jerusalem on 22 January ‘’further seriously undermine the prospects for a viable two-state solution.’’

Israeli journalists covering in the European Parliament in Brussels a conference on countering the BDS (Boycott,Divestment, Sanctions) movement were denied entrance to a pro-BDS gathering held at the same time in the building by Israeli radical activists.