Settlers

Outposts & the Abuse of Law in Service of the Settlements

Lara Friedman | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Settlers, West Bank Settlements, Israeli Settlers, Rule of Law, World News
Lara Friedman

Outposts are again taking center stage in the settlements debate, as the Netanyahu government announces two new policies aimed at legalizing illegal outposts and sending a clear signal that it values settlements over negotiations, and it prefers "Greater Israel" to peace.

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Ten Reasons Palestine Is Right to Bring its Case to the UN

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Congress, Haaretz, Jerusalem, West Bank, Mideast, U.N., Bradley Burston, Israel, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Republicans, Settlers, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

In the past, Abbas has shown himself both a man unafraid to gamble, and, against all odds, one who knows how to turn a crapshoot to advantage. Here are ten reasons that his Hail Mary route at the UN may succeed after all.

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Killing Fogel Family in Itamar Is Not Acceptable

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innocent Civilians, Wall, Jewish, Political Murder, Palestine, Veto, Americans, Un, Settlers, Settlements, Security Council, America, Palestinians, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The strong disagreement over settlement doesn't excuse the brutal killings of the family of five in Itamar. If anything this senseless murder should cause genuine commitment from all sides to find an end to the 44 year old occupation in a peaceful way.

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The Occupation Must End, but Not So Quickly...

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, West Bank, Settlers, World News
Brent E. Sasley

Israel cannot just get up and walk out of the West Bank, nor can it just remove its soldiers and ships from Gaza's borders. This is misguided, and ignores the realities of life for both Israelis and Palestinians.

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Israel's Human Shields and Live Bait

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Jews, Occupation, West Bank, Middle East, Occupied Territories, Settlers, Israel's Human Shields, East Jerusalem, Israel, Human Shields, Fourth Geneva Convention, Settlements, Palestinians, Price-Tagging, Separation Wall, World News
Sharmine Narwani

If the Palestinians in occupied territories present a security threat so compelling that it required a multibillion dollar Separation Wall -- then Israel has no business moving its men, women and children right into the danger zones.

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Israel's Settlements Are Not the Real Problem, Only a Red Herring

Anav Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Cnn, Peace Process, Gaza, West Bank, Middle East, Egypt, President Bill Clinton, Israel, Tunnels, Israeli-Palestinian, Hamas, Weapons, Settlers, Peace, World News
Anav Silverman

As articles blaming Israel for failed Mideast peace continue to stream into the headlines, it is clear that the Mideast reality will continue just as it always has -- with Iran as an increasingly mobilizing force.

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Peace Is the New Frontier

Sean Carasso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falling Whistles, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peace, Activism, Founding Fathers, Short Films, Film, Settlers, Media News
Sean Carasso

Be among the first in the world to see our new short film.

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Palestinians Stand Firm: No Peace Talks While Israeli Settlers Build

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, White House, George MItchell, Israeli-Settlments, Arab Summit, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Settlers, Plo, Omar Suleiman, Bashar Assad, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday backed President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it b...

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The Guards of the Settlers Just Shoot

Hagit Ofran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The City of David, Wadi Hilweh, Silwan, Israeli Settlements, Al-Bustan, Settlers, Private Security, East Jerusalem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Hagit Ofran

When the word came that Samer Sarhan was killed, some young Palestinians gathered and threw their anger and frustration at the policemen in stones. The police reacted with tear gas and sound bombs.

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Palestinians and Israelis Call for Peace on Eve of Tragedy in Hebron, West Bank

Alison Avigayil Ramer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Israel, Peace Negotiations, Settlers, Peace, World News
Alison Avigayil Ramer

As negotiations began in Washington, a grave isolated act of violence took place on Route 60, near Hebron, and four Israeli settlers were killed.

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The United States of Crazy in Israel-Palestine

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ismail Haniyeh, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Tiger Cage, Bradley Burston, New :Left, Hamas, God, Settlers, Kahane, Palestinians, Sheikh Jarrah, Haaretz, Holy Land, East Jerusalem, Israel, Judaism, World News
Bradley Burston

In their goals and in their view of governance, Hamas, Kahanists and Haredim have much in common. Why not just let them run the Holy Land?

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Israeli Settlements Helped By U.S. Tax Law: Non-Profit Donations At Odds With U.S. Foreign Policy

New York Times | By JIM RUTENBERG, MIKE McINTIRE and ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christian Friends of Israeli Communities, Peace Process, Israeli Settlements, West Bank, Irs, Non-Profits, Palestinians, Settlements, Settlers, Charities, Peace Talks, Maskiot, Israel, Un, One Israel Fund, Illegal Settlements, World News

As the American government seeks to end the four-decade Jewish settlement enterprise and foster a Palestinian state in the West Bank, the American Tre...

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Extremist Pro-Settler Lobby Rallies Against Obama While Schumer and Weiner Pander (Video)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Chuck Schumer, Birthers, Anthony Weiner, Israeli Settlements, Racism, Zionism, Israel, Settlers, Right-Wing Extremism, Extremism, New York News
Max Blumenthal

A recent Jewish extremist rally in Manhattan took on a distinctively Tea Party-flavor, including demonstrators assailing Obama as a secret Muslim with no legitimate right to serve as President of the United States.

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Has Israel Reneged on the Unity of West Bank and Gaza?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlers, Occupied Territories, Deportation, Palestinians, Israel, Obama, Jewish, World News
Daoud Kuttab

To consider Gaza Palestinians infiltrators if caught in the West Bank past their permit deadline reflects the Netanyah government's rejection of the unity of Palestinian territories.

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Retire Ari Fleischer! The Hypocrisy, Double Standards & Dishonesty Behind Helen Thomas's Retirement

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katie Halper

More people seemed more upset over Helen Thomas's gaffe than they were over the killing of nine people on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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60 Percent Of Israelis Say Settlements Should Be Removed, Survey Reports

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, West Bank Settlers, Israel, Truman Institute, Settlers, Israeli Settlers, World News

Three fifths of Israelis support dismantling settlements in the disputed territories, according to a survey conducted by the Harry S. Truman Institute...

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Palestinians Try More Peaceful Resistance: Less Violence, More Protest Marches And Boycotts Of Settler Goods

New York Times | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Peaceful Resistance, Martin Luther King, Gaza, Middle East, Palestinians, Obama, Fatah, Settlements, Hamas, US, Peace, Settlers, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Two State Solution, Boycotts, 2 State Solution, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Mahatma Ghandi, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Senior Palestinian leaders -- men who once commanded militias -- are joining unarmed protest marches against Israeli policies a...

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Amnesty International: "Much of Gaza was razed to the ground..."

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Gaza Blockade, Gaza Strip, World News, African Refugees, Goldstone Report, Amnesty International, Palestinian Home Demolition, Hamas, Israel, Settlers, Operation Cast Lead, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Mya Guarnieri

Destroyed houses, tent camps, clouds of white phosphorous--these were just a few of the images of Gaza included in the video that accompanied Amnesty ...

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US-Israel Rift Over Settlements Underscores Change In Relations

The Washington Post | Glenn Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Palestine, Jews, Peace Process, Congress, Britain, George MItchell, Terrorism, Joe Biden, Palestinians, Obama, Settlements, US, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Two State Solutioin, Dubai, Biden, White House, Peace Talks, State Department, Bibi, Favoritism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Un, Israel, World News

The two-week-old dispute between Israel and the United States over housing construction in East Jerusalem has exposed the limits of American power to ...

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Netanyahu, Clinton Talk: Israeli Leader Calls Clinton, Plans Meeting Next Week

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Settlements, Joe Biden, Hamas, US, Settlers, State Department, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Peace Talks, George MItchell, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, World News

MOSCOW — Hoping to defuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agree...

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Obama Asks Congress To Approve $205 Million In Aid For Israel Rocket Defense

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rocket Defense System, Congress, Lebanon, Aid, Hezbollah, Palestinians, Iran, Hamas, US, Settlers, House, Israeli Defense Forces, Senate, Gaza Strip, Idf, Iron Dome, Israel, World News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is asking Congress to approve $205 million to help Israel speed up deployment of a new short-range rocket defen...

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Jew vs. Jew? Protests, Threats Reach Fever Pitch over Israel

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Politics, Kach, Jewish Community, West Bank, American Jews for a Just Peace, Kahane Movement, Jews Say No, Stand With US, Jewish Voice for Peace, Israel Defense Forces, New York Jews, Americans for Peace Now, Meir Kahane, Zionism, Iran, Gaza, Camp Jabotinsky, Middle East, New Israel Fund, Saeb Erekat, Hebron, Gabi Ashkenazi, New York News, Violence, Friends of the IDF, Goldstone Report, Negotiations, Bibi Netanyahu, Protest, Diaspora, Palestine, Americans for a Safe Israel, Joe Biden, Idf, Waldorf-Astoria, Settlements, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, J Street, Jews Against the Occupation, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Jewish Defense Organization, Israel, Israeli Apartheid Week, New York News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

This week, New York City's Jewish community is riven by protests, counterprotests, and now, threats of Jew-on-Jew intimidation over the question of Israel and the Palestinians.

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Joe Biden, East Jerusalem and a Religiously Divided Israel

Steven Gerber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Expansion, Settlers, Jewish Settlers, Rabbis for Human Rights, Israel, Obama, Joe Biden, East Jerusalem, Palistinians, Settlements, Palistine, Biden Israel, Joe Biden Israel, Biden's Trip to Israel, Vice President Biden, Biden's Trip, Israel East Jerusalem, Vice President Biden Schedule, Biden Isareal, Israel Jerusalem News, Joe Biden's Schedule, Biden Trip, Biden Jerusalem, Israel Slap to Biden, Israel Slaps Biden in the Face, Joe Biden Palestine, Israeli Jews Biden, \Judaism, Religion News
Steven Gerber

A small, but vocal, segment of Israeli Jews has asserted its view of Judaism - one in which the most important overriding concern is that God gave the Land of Israel to the Jewish people.

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Settlers Celebrate 1994 Slaughter of 29 Palestinians (Video)

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Israel, Video, Settlers, Goldstein, World News
MJ Rosenberg

Most Israelis cannot stand the settlers but, thanks to Israel's parliamentary system and right-wing politicians like Binyamin Netanyahu, who suck up to them, they are running the country today.

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A Storm Is Gathering in Silwan

Ir Amim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestinians, Silwan, Palestinian Home Demolition, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Al-Bustan, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Ir Amim

The plan to build an archeological park on the ruins of Palestinian homes in Silwan is meant to deepen Israel's hold on this focal point in the political contest between Israelis and Palestinians.

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