Tag: Settlements
Israel takes fight to UNHRC following release of settlement blacklist
Following Wednesday’s release by the United Nations of a blacklist of companies connected to Israeli settlements, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has asked the country’s U.S. consulates to reach out to the governors of states in which targeted...
Israeli defense minister Bennett calls for sovereignty in Judea and Samaria
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wednesday that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan gave Israeli the chance to apply sovereignty on a large portion of Judea and Samaria, and that...
Ambassador Friedman: Israel ‘does not have to wait’ to annex settlements
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Tuesday that Israel “does not have to wait” to annex settlements in the West Bank and Jordan Valley.
“The waiting period would be the time it takes...
Pro-BDS activists in Madrid assault joint delegation of Arabs, Jews from West Bank
Members of the BDS movement attempted to attack a joint delegation of prominent Arab and Jewish residents of the West Bank last week in Madrid.
The delegation was in Spain on Dec. 10 to meet...
Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?
The announcement last month by U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements are not illegal was either warmly welcomed or hotly rejected, depending on how you interpret international law.
Indeed, recently 107 Democratic lawmakers sent...
Relations with Israel are at a ‘dead end,’ Abbas tells UN representative
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that relations between Israel and the P.A. have hit a “dead end,” and urged Europe to recognize a Palestinian state.
Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with...
IDF braces for PA ‘day of rage’ in response to new US policy on...
The Israel Defense Forces is boosting its presence in Judea and Samaria, and along the Gaza border, on Tuesday ahead of a Palestinian “day of rage” in response to the declaration by the U.S....
100-plus Democrats sign letter criticizing new US stance on Israeli settlements
More than 100 Democrats signed a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to stop considering Israeli settlements a violation of international law.
The letter, which was...
Vatican: US new stance on settlements undermines Israeli-Palestinian peace
The Vatican said on Thursday that the announcement on Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States would no longer view Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria as illegal under international law...
Netanyahu: US settlement policy shift ‘fixes a historic wrong’
During a visit to the town of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the U.S. administration’s policy reversal on Judea and Samaria as a “huge achievement” that “fixed...