The US has regularly briefed Israel at different stages of talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, says US State Department Spokesman Ned Price.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett reiterates his opposition to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state in the occupied territories, calling it a "terrible mistake.”

Hamas and Islamic Jihad says Abbas-Gantz is “a stab in the back of Palestinian people and a betrayal to the blood of martyrs.”

A top Iranian lawmaker says the previous framework at the Vienna talks was flawed and the talks must continue on a new platform.

Iran’s top security official says Iran is entitled to use “available options” in response to any act of aggression.

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has condemned US President Joe Biden for what he called illegally threatening the Islamic Republic.

Israel approves the construction of more than 3,400 settler units in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett reportedly met with Jordan's King Abdullah in at his palace in the Jordanian capital city of Amman last week.

The United States’ waning presence in the Middle East sets off alarm bells among the Israelis, with the regime’s President Reuven Rivlin warning his US counterpart, Joe Biden, that a US troop drawdown in the region could push Arab countries closer to Iran.

Jordan slams a decision by the new Israeli cabinet to approve plans for 31 settlement construction projects across the occupied West Bank.