The United States has for decades backed a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and has urged Israel not to expand settlements.
The group is made up of rabbis, evangelical pastors, former Israeli and US ambassadors, as well as members of Knesset.
The five-month-old Gaza war has put a renewed focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as foreseen by the Oslo accords from the early 1990s.
The Israel Land Authority published on its website separate tenders for 1,248 new housing units in West Bank settlements.
Netanyahu may have no choice but to risk a political crisis over this small hamlet, which could be the one that finally brings down his house.
International critics demonize Israel make a fundamental error in presenting it as evil. Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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