The European Union warned Israel of unspecified consequences Monday if it goes through with plans to build thousands of new settler homes in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

During Vice President Joseph Biden's recent visit to the State of Israel, Israeli Interior Secretary Eli Yishai approved the plans for a highly-controversial 1600-apartment complex in East Jerusalem.

A rabbi in a West Bank community has ruled that home construction by non-Jewish workers can take place on the Sabbath.

The Jerusalem municipality has begun the process of approving a plan for a new housing complex, including a synagogue, in the heart of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan south of the Old City.

Jerusalem - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will approve in the next number of days the construction of 800 new housing units in the Orthodox Jewish community of Beitar Illit, located in the Etzion Bloc to the south of Jerusalem, built on hills that Israel a