New FIFA president: Solution to row over West Bank soccer clubs ‘a priority’ Six Israeli teams play their home matches in West Bank settlements, and Human Rights Watch has called on the sport's governing body to quit sponsoring matches there.
Obama officials blast Israel’s settlement announcement as betrayal of friendship, Peres legacy This is not "how friends treat each other," the White House spokesman said of Israel's plan to build 300 units deep inside the West Bank.
Israeli Air Force pilot killed in crash over southern Israel The unnamed pilot was in the process of landing at an airbase when he and the navigator ejected from the F-16 jet; the navigator survived.