Tag: Settlements
Israel approves plan for more than 3,000 settlement homes
Israel approved plans for more than 3,000 settlement homes in Judea and Samaria on Thursday, a day after approving 2,000 additional homes, the AP reported.
The number of settlement homes approved in 2020 is more than 12,150,...
Jerusalem highway construction aims to modernize traffic flow around historic city
Jerusalem has started construction on parts of an NIS 3 billion (approximately $870 million) major highway that will eventually serve as a ring road around Israel’s largest city, with the goal of significantly alleviating...
Likud: Settlement leaders opposing Trump plan are ‘irresponsible,’ ‘crazy’
Two weeks before Israel plans to begin applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, some settlement leaders on Sunday continued to vocally oppose the Trump administration’s “Peace to Prosperity”...
Israel’s Supreme Court overturns ‘Settlement Regulation Law’
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday against legislation aimed at retroactively legalizing settlements in certain parts of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). The Judea and Samaria Regulation Law, passed by the Knesset in 2017,...
In a show of support for Netanyahu, settler leaders green-light sovereignty bid
As Israel moves closer to applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on...
Norwegian MPs reject bill seeking to label settlement goods
The Norwegian Parliament rejected a bill on Monday to label imported Israeli products manufactured in Judea and Samaria. The draft legislation was presented two weeks ago by left-wing parties, including the Norwegian Labor Party,...
Netanyahu: Plan to build 3,500 housing units in E-1 is moving forward
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday his intent to push ahead with a plan to build 3,500 homes for settlers in the E-1 area of Judea and Samaria that would effectively connect...
Pro-Israel groups move to counter EU ruling about labeling Israeli products
A team of more than 400 lawyers from the Lawfare Project, a nonprofit human and civil-rights litigation and advocacy group, have partnered with nearly 1,000 legislators working for the Israel Allies Foundation to fight the a...
UNHRC worked with NGOs with terror ties to compile blacklist of firms
NGOs with terrorist ties were involved in the posting on Wednesday of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s blacklist of 112 companies with ties to Israeli settlements released on Wednesday, according to an Israeli Ministry of Strategic...
Breaking down the UNHRC blacklist
In the halls of the United Nations, they’re calling it a “database,” but it’s more commonly and accurately known as a “blacklist.” It’s a list of more than 100 companies conducting business activities with...