Ahead of French President Hollande's visit to Israel next week, Netanyahu tells Le Figaro he hopes France does not lower its guard on Tehran's nuclear program; adds settlement construction is not what's preventing peace.
French president Francois Hollande announced he will address the Knesset during his visit in Israel next week, two weeks after he decided not to speak to the Israeli parliament but to university students instead.
If executed, plans for 14,866 units outside security barrier route would change geography of how Jewish growth, building occurs in West Bank, and place large population centers far away from pre-1967 lines.
An Israeli soldier was killed Wednesday morning by a 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist who stabbed him in the neck on a bus at the central station of Afula, in northern Israel.
PM says settlement construction must be done wisely; Steinitz denies Netanyahu has created a link between settlements and Iran; Ariel says plans for 24,000 housing units were 6-7 years away from being built.
Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beitenu party, will soon return to his post of Foreign Minister after having been aquitted by a Jerusalem Court on a charge of fraud and breach of trust.
