The settlement was reportedly paid after Naftali Bennett's wife, Gilat, accused activists from Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party of having broken into her home

The merger will shut down the Palestinian affairs office's direct line to the U.S. State Department and bring it under the authority of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

The preliminary discussions will not set the exact structure or timeline of the post-war administration, which will depend on conditions on the ground, sources told Reuters