Tag: Settlements
Knesset committee to US ambassador: Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria ‘should continue’
The chair of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee told U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides that settlement expansion would continue, despite Washington’s objections.
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, the former Knesset speaker who now...
Settlement activists temporarily establish six new outposts in Judea and Samaria
Settlement forces challenged Israel’s government with the establishment of six outposts in Judea and Samaria on Wednesday. In response, the government ordered the Israel Defense Forces to remove them.
Thousands of people, including hundreds of...
Israel’s coalition faces uncertain prospects after key legislation fails vote
Israel’s government suffered a double blow on Monday that could impact its future and potentially lead to early elections.
The first setback came when the coalition failed to pass a bill Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar...
Israeli settlement population up 16.5 percent in five years
Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria have continued to grow over the past year, continuing a spurt of growth that began during the Trump administration, according to data compiled by WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com.
According to the statistics, the...
Unilever fires 1,500 workers, splits ice-cream from food division
The multinational firm Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Tuesday that in the wake of severe losses, it will fire 1,500 workers around the world and split off its ice-cream division from...
Obsessed with Israeli settlements, Americans and Europeans turn blind eye to Palestinian violence
The United States and some European nations continue to demonstrate an obsession with Israeli “settlements” and isolated incidents by small groups of radical right-wing Israelis, mostly wayward youths, while completely ignoring the much larger...
Bereaved families demand resignation of Israel’s public security minister
Bereaved families launched a campaign on Wednesday demanding that Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev “apologize or resign” over remarks made to senior American diplomat Victoria Nuland about alleged settler violence and for comparing...
Approval for thousands of housing units in Judea and Samaria pushed off to unknown...
Approval of 2,223 new housing units slated for Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria has been postponed to an unknown date after the council responsible for approving them failed to meet on Wednesday, Kan News reported.
The...
Why are ‘progressive Jews’ defending Ben & Jerry’s?
If you thought that American Jews were going to unite against discrimination in ice-cream sales, you were wrong. The decision of the Ben & Jerry’s company to “end sales of our ice-cream in occupied Palestinian territories”...
New Jersey investigates Ben & Jerry’s parent company for possibly violating state law
New Jersey joined the growing list of U.S. states that announced it is examining ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, to see if they violated state law against boycotts of...