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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands before a press conference in Jerusalem, Monday.

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Israeli leader’s settlement vow complicates Trump’s task

by Josef Federman Associated PressAugust 29, 2017

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a Palestinian boy rides a donkey in the E-1 area near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, background, on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. Israel's prime minister is moving ahead with a contentious law that would legalize dozens of settlement outposts in the West Bank, despite claims by experts that the bill itself is illegal a warning from the White House that settlement construction "may not be helpful." (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

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Despite White House warning, Israel pushes settlement bill

by Josef Federman Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

The Israeli settlement of Maaleh Adumim looms over Arab Bedouin shacks in the West Bank, Sunday. The municipality of Jerusalem has granted final approval for the construction of hundreds of new homes in east Jerusalem as emboldened Israeli nationalists welcomed the presidency of Donald Trump.

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Israeli leader accepts invitation from Trump to visit US

by Josef Federman Associated PressJanuary 22, 2017

This frame grab from video, shows an Israeli emergency services personnel at scene of a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem that killed at least four people and wounded several others in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. Israeli police and rescue services said a Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yearlong campaign of violence. Security camera footage shows the truck barreling at a high speed off the road and into the crowd of people in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. (AP Photo)

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Truck attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers

by Josef Federman Associated PressJanuary 8, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. (Dan Balilty/Pool photo via AP)

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Humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump

by Josef Federman Associated PressDecember 25, 2016

Israeli border police officers scuffle with Palestinian protesters, some dressed as Santa Claus, during a protest in front of an Israeli checkpoint, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday.

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UN condemns Israeli settlements, no US veto

by Edith M. Lederer Associated Press, Bradley Klapper Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressDecember 23, 2016

In this Thursday, March 24, 2016 file photo, Israeli soldiers stand near the body of a Palestinian who was shot and killed by a soldier while laying wounded on the ground after a stabbing attack in Hebron, West Bank.

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Soldier’s shooting of Palestinian sets off uproar in Israel

by Josef Federman Associated PressMarch 27, 2016