Tag: Judea and Samaria
Republican delegation meets Israeli, Palestinian business leaders week after Tlaib, Omar banned
The U.S. Israel Education Association (USIEA) brought Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) and Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) to Israel last week. Focusing their visit on Judea and Samaria, they...
Hamas and Islamic Jihad praise ‘heroic fighters’ who murdered Israeli student
Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both praised the stabbing death of an Israeli yeshivah student on Thursday.
In a statement, Hamas said that “our people’s heroic fighters who carried out the heroic operation that killed...
Yeshivah student, 19, stabbed to death in apparent terror attack in Gush Etzion
A 19-year-old yeshivah student and Israel Defense Forces’ recruit was found dead by the side of a road on Thursday morning near Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, apparently the victim of a terrorist attack.
Dvir Sorek,...
Israel approves construction of 2,300 homes in Judea and Samaria
Israel’s Defense Ministry has authorized plans for the construction of more than 2,300 homes in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, following sessions of the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee on Monday and Tuesday.
According...
Canadian federal court: ‘Misleading’ to label West Bank wine ‘Products of Israel’
Canada’s Federal Court ruled on Monday that wine made in Judea and Samaria cannot be labeled as “products of Israel.”
The decision is part of a three-year court dispute over bottles of Psagot Winery and...
Israel busts Hamas money-laundering operation
Israeli security forces arrested three Palestinian Authority residents on Tuesday night as part of a crackdown against a Hamas scheme used to transfer funds between the Gaza Strip, and Judea and Samaria.
According to the...
Netanyahu: There will be no more settlement evictions
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday declared his commitment to the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria.
Netanyahu was speaking at an event marking the 4oth anniversary of the Samaria Regional Council, held in the...
Number of businesses in Judea and Samaria doubled in past decade
No fewer than 1,982 small and medium-sized businesses operate in Judea and Samaria, a 100 percent increase over the past decade. Relative to population size, the average rate of entrepreneurship in Judea and Samaria...
An ill-deserved assault on Ambassador David Friedman
Palestinian and leftist Jewish leaders called for America’s Israel ambassador to be fired for telling The New York Times in a recent interview that the Jewish state has, “under certain circumstances, the right to retain some, but unlikely all,...
US ambassador says Israel has the right to annex ‘some’ of the West Bank
In an interview at his Jerusalem residence last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Israel has the right to annex at least “some” of the West Bank.
“Under certain circumstances,” Friedman told The New York Times on...