Egypt delays UN motion on Israel as Trump intervenes

Egypt delays UN motion on Israel as Trump intervenes
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team after learning that the Obama administration might abstain in a Security Council vote. The move would have allowed the motion to pass, a US official told the BBC.

Israel urges U.S. to veto U.N. resolution on halting settlements
Israel urged the United States on Thursday to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for an immediate halt to settlement building on occupied land that Palestinians want for a state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter in the dead of night in Israel to make the appeal, in a sign of concern that President Barack Obama might take a parting shot...

Muezzin, Kotel bills frozen until after Trump inauguration
The coalition has agreed to hold its fire for the next three weeks, following a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put all controversial legislation on hold until after January 20. ...The fact that the bills have been set aside for the coming weeks does not necessarily reflect on how the coalition will choose to move forward after that point.