Jews cannot be barred from settling in West Bank – Israel 

It is “morally wrong” to question the Jewish right to live in Palestinian territories, the Foreign Ministry says

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has rebuked Western criticism of its recent decision to formally approve 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, some of which had been evacuated during the 2005 disengagement from Gaza.

A group of 14 mostly European nations condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s move earlier this month...