Netanyahu: If I’m re-elected, I’ll extend sovereignty to West Bank settlements

By TOI Staff— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Saturday to extend Israeli sovereignty to the settlements of the West Bank if he is re-elected in Tuesday’s elections. Flatly ruling out Palestinian statehood, which he said would “endanger our existence,” Netanyahu promised to permanently maintain overall Israeli security control in the West Bank and to…

Russia, Trump team in touch during campaign, Kremlin says

By Times of Israel Staff, Times of Israel— Russia on Thursday confirmed that it had been in touch with President-elect Donald Trump’s team during the election campaign, the privately-owned Interfax Russian news agency reported.   The terse announcement quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying, “Russia had contacts with Trump team, this work…

Middle East Adviser Claims Trump Would Support Israel Annexing Judea and Samaria

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Donald Trump‘s Israel adviser, David Friedman, announced that his boss would probably support an Israeli decision to annex all of Judea and Samaria if Israel deemed it necessary. Friedman made this thrilling revelation in an interview with Haaretz News on Thursday. He also stated that Trump would not…