Reports Monday citing an unnamed official in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli government had approved plans for another 1,000 new homes in Har Homa and in Ramat Shlomo.

Sources believe Putin's comments may signify a desire and readiness in Moscow to become an active presence in the efforts to renew the Middle East peace process.

Stop threatening elections, Bennett tells counterparts.

Netanyahu challenged the US by saying that Israel would continue to build in all parts of Jerusalem.

Reuven Rivlin became Sunday the first Israeli president to attend the annual memorial ceremony to mark the 58th anniversary of the Kfar Kassem during which Israeli border police shot to death 49 Arab Israelis.

The IDF said that the soldiers were on patrol in the area and had set up an ambush overlooking the stretch of highway when they saw the assailant throw the bottle.

The driver, Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi, is seen in the video giving a speech honoring Marwan Kawasame and Amar Abu Aysha.

The Gaza-based terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have hailed the terrorist act in Jerusalem on Wednesday in which a baby girl died as “an act of heroism.”

According to Channel 2, Uri Ariel is considering moving to a new residence in Silwan, the predominantly Arab quarter near the Old City.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon declared that Wednesday’s terrorist at a Light Rail station in Jerusa;lem, in which a 3-month-old baby was killed and eight other people injured, was “clearly the outcome of those in the Palestinian Authority who educate the younger generation to hate Jews and expel them from their homeland.”