21.   Mordechai was given responsibility for examining requests from settler groups for new neighborhoods in existing settlements.

22.   Settler groups have waged a fierce campaign since Netanyahu took office in June to gain official permission for the homes to be re-occupied.

23.   Settler groups say they have requested permission to build tens of thousands of new homes across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

24.   Settlers groups met to plan a series of protests and several coalition partners demanded the final Hebron plan be put to a parliamentary vote.

25.   The Jewish settler groups Eyal and Sword of David claimed the murder, and Eyal leader Avishai Raviv was questioned by police before being released on bail Thursday.