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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this would depend on both sides accepting US-proposed principles to keep talks going.

Israel’s navy boarded another aid ship on Saturday to enforce a blockade of Gaza five days after its troops killed nine people on a Turkish aid boat.

The Israeli navy prepared to board another aid ship bound for Gaza on Saturday, as Washington condemned as "unsustainable" a blockade on Gaza.

The Israeli navy intercepted and was shadowing another ship bound for blockaded Gaza carrying aid and activists on Saturday.

A burst of shuttle diplomacy by the US Middle East envoy on Friday produced no immediate results.

Benjamin Netanyahu will approve building settler homes before considering a freeze that could lead to a resumption of peace talks with Palestinians.

Israel said on Monday it had approved construction of 50 new homes at a West Bank settlement as part of a plan for 1 450 housing units.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud signed a coalition deal with the ultra-Orthodox Shas party on Monday, bringing the leader closer to forming a government.