PM said to push for expedited process ahead of Trump's departure from White House; committee to approve 2 locations, since Washington hasn't yet picked between them

Union says Iranians undermining diplomacy surrounding 2015 nuclear pact, looks forward to working on issue with Biden's incoming administration

Move could temper blowback for okaying 800 new units in Israeli West Bank communities shortly before Biden inauguration

US president-elect touts 'decades of experience' of longtime State Department official, who spearheaded Obama administration's early outreach to Iran

European foreign ministers sit down in Cairo ahead of Biden taking office, seeking to build on 'positive regional context' of Israel's normalization deals with Arab states

Plans to be approved by Defense Ministry panel said to include 100 housing units in Tal Menashe, hometown of Israeli woman killed last month in terror attack

Security forces have already begun taking extra precautions; president-elect says he has 'great confidence in the Secret Service' and its ability to ensure things go safely

US president-elect calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment; says Trump skipping inauguration a 'good thing' and 'one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on'

US president said to be concerned Biden administration will investigate him; legitimacy of unprecedented act of preemptive presidential self-clemency remains in question

While Netanyahu critics Rice and Kerry won't be dealing with Iran or Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel reportedly concerned about role of former Iran deal negotiator Sherman