US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to assure Israel on Monday that the Obama administration's commitment to its security and future is "rock solid" despite a severe diplomatic dispute that emerged this month.
Plans to build two new residential neighborhoods for Jews in East Jerusalem were put on hold last week on the instructions of the legal adviser to the Jerusalem municipality.
European rabbis may become the latest addition to Israel's arsenal of public diplomacy tools, following Minister Yuli Edelstein's request this week that they act as "ambassadors."
The "Quartet" guiding the Middle East peace process condemned Israeli building in eastern Jerusalem but called for a resumption of talks without preconditions.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has spent a number of hours over the last few days writing the speech he will deliver at the AIPAC annual conference in Washington, a speech sources in his office described on Sunday as “very important.”
