Construction is continuing in the Samaria community of Kiryat Netafim despite the government's ten-month building moratorium in West Bank settlements, Army Radio reported Friday morning. According to the report, development has continued on some 15 illegal structures.

Dwaik was quoted on the Hamas website as saying that the report was "inaccurate" and that Hamas would never recognize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

Hamas is reportedly ready to accept Israel's right to exist and prepared to nullify its charter which calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, according to Aziz Dwaik.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to end the possibility of a two-state solution by insisting on a continued Israeli presence along a future Palestinian state's borders, chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat told Israel Radio on Thursday.

Migrant workers infiltrating through the border with Egypt are jeopardizing Israel's Jewish and democratic nature, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

President Shimon Peres recently warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that continuing the deadlock in negotiations with Israel could lead to a third intifada and that in delaying, Abbas was "playing with fire."

The Palestinian Authority is pushing Israel to agree to a total construction freeze, in both the settlements and east Jerusalem, of between three to six months, something senior Israeli officials said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not agree to, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Police arrested two teenagers in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in the early hours of Wednesday morning, bringing to eight those so far detained over December's arson attack on a nearby mosque.

Former Palestinian Authority security commander Muhammad Dahlan has rejected an offer from Hamas to enter the Gaza Strip to attend the funeral of his mother, who died over the weekend.

More than 100 Israeli security officers raided the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar before dawn on Sunday. Officers arrested 10 settlers in the crackdown, include five allegedly involved in burning down a nearby Palestinian mosque last month.