Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will swear in a new government, without the rival Hamas movement, in the next 48 hours.

PARIS — Israel has always believed in “creating facts on the ground,” whose existence may later come as a unpleasant surprise to others. Iran now seems to have learned from this Israeli precedent, to Israel’s disadvantage.

Israeli Ministry urges expansion of settlements

An independent fact finding mission conducted by Israeli and Palestinian medical human rights groups unravels Israeli atrocities in Gaza.