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A view of St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Vatican: US new stance on settlements undermines Israeli-Palestinian peace

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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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shlomo Ne'eman and Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman David Elchiani visit Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion on Nov. 19, 2019. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Netanyahu: US settlement policy shift ‘fixes a historic wrong’

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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...
European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini gives a press briefing on the flare-up in violence between Hamas and Israel. Credit: EPA.

EU foreign-policy chief: European policy on Israeli settlements is ‘unchanged’

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A few hours after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the United States no longer views Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria as violating international law, E.U. foreign-affairs chief Federica Mogherini stated...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deliver joint statements in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

US announcement on Jewish settlements does not ‘close door’ on peace, says legal expert

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Experts weighed in on the U.S. State Department’s announcement on Monday that the United States is softening its stance on Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. It is a reversal of the 1978 State Department legal opinion,...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Michael Gross.

In major policy shift, US no longer views Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the United States is softening its stance on Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria. This is a reversal of the 1978 State Department legal opinion...
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, October 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Tim Pierce.

Warren says ‘everything on the table’ to halt settlement expansion

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Oct. 19 that all options will be considered to prevent Israel from ramping up settlement building in the West Bank, including cutting aid to the...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

EU criticizes Israeli plans for housing units in ‘occupied’ West Bank

In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.” The plans were announced last...
View of the Jewish settlement of Karmei Tzur in Judea near Hebron, which neighbors Givat Sorek. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Right-wing officials back plan to bolster Jewish settlements in Judea, Samaria by 2 million

Dozens of ministers and senior lawmakers from the Likud and other right-wing parties have signed a Nahala movement petition to promote a settlement plan introduced under the government of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Israel...
Israeli children look on at building in Kdumim in Judea. Photo by Uri Lenz/Flash90.

Almost 450,000 Jews live in Judea and Samaria, despite a slowdown in housing

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There are currently nearly 450,000 Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, according to a report released by the Yesha Council on Tuesday. In 2008, just before U.S. President Barack Obama took office, population growth in...
View of the West Bank settlement of Havat Gilad, Jan. 10, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Ruling: Settlements built on Palestinian-owned land can be legalized

Twenty years after it was founded, the outpost of Mitzpe Kramim can be legalized, the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Tuesday in a precedent-setting decision. The outpost, on a ridge in the Binyamin region overlooking...