Israel Settlements

Israeli Settlement Backer Donates $1 Million To Defeat Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Even in the era of unbridled campaign contributions, Irving Moskowitz's $1 million donation in February to American Crossroads, the Karl...

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The "Existential Threat" to Israel Is Israel

John Tirman | Posted 05.12.2012

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The nearly complete mastery of U.S. politics that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again displayed in Washington last week belies a dark reality for the Jewish State.

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Boycott the Occupation, Not Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.28.2012

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Yes, boycott the occupation -- the settlers, the politicians who support them, and the businesses that sustain them. But not Israel itself, unless you think that it is a society beyond redemption. It isn't -- no more than we are.

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"Moral Equivalency" vs. Moral Responsibility: Israel, Iran, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 04.28.2012

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The real threat to Israel may not only be Iran. It may be the danger and risks of internal self-corruption by the people and government of Israel of those cherished democratic principles underlying the founding of such a great nation as Israel.

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Ban Ki-Moon Urges Israel To Halt Settlement Construction

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 04.02.2012

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel must halt settlement building and present detailed proposals for a border with a future Palestinian state, visiting...

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UK's Nick Clegg: Israeli Settlements Are 'Deliberate Vandalism'

AP | By DAVID STRINGER | Posted 01.16.2012

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LONDON -- Britain's deputy prime minister accused Israel on Monday of carrying out "deliberate vandalism" by continuing to build settlements on land t...

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Settlements Not an Obstacle to Peace? Get Serious.

Lara Friedman | Posted 03.12.2012

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The facts matter when debating settlements, and advocates of settlement activity shouldn't be allowed to cherry-pick the facts to suit their agenda.

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Report: Israel Breaks All Settlement Records

Reuters | Posted 03.11.2012

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* Peace Now: Chances for two-state solution diminishing * Settlements issue key to restarting frozen peace talks By Ori ...

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War on Gaza -- Three Years Later

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.28.2012

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While the slight easing of the siege (especially in regards to badly needed building materials) has resulted in the beginnings of a rebuilding campaign, much more is needed.

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Talking to the Wall

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 02.11.2012

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The nationalists and religious are not susceptible to arguments that Israel will become isolated in the world, losing even its closest allies. They remain tied to the biblical notion that Israel is a nation that "dwells alone."

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Official: Israeli Defense Ministry Approved 40 New Houses In West Bank

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.11.2012

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The Eviction of One Palestinian Family Might Cause the Next Political Crisis Over East Jerusalem

Hagit Ofran | Posted 01.17.2012

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In Silwan there is a fight over nationality, history and also religion. For the Palestinians, it is a Palestinian neighborhood, next to Al-Aqsa Mosque where thousands of Palestinians have been living for ages

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Extremists Destroy Palestinian Property

AP | Posted 01.09.2012

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JERUSALEM — Three Palestinian cars were torched and a Palestinian house was defaced in the West Bank, Israeli police said Wednesday, and evidenc...

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Israel Orders New Housing Units In East Jerusalem

Posted 01.01.2012

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By IAN DEITCH -- The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is ordering the building of 2,000 new housing units for Israelis, m...

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Palestinians Won't Negotiate Without Settlement Freeze

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.29.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians can't resume negotiations with Israel under current conditions and will pursue their bid to win U.N. reco...

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Netanyahu Rules Out Settlement Freeze

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 11.27.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel granted the go-ahead on Tuesday for construction of 1,100 new Jewish housing units in east Jerusalem, and Prime Minister Benj...

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Israeli Government Approves Construction of 277 Apartments In Ariel Settlement

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 10.15.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the building of 277 apartments in the Jewish settlement deepest inside the West Bank, defying international crit...

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Israeli Government Set To Approve 4,300 New Apartments In East Jerusalem

AP | DANIELLA CHESLOW | Posted 10.11.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces are importing horses, water cannons, tear-gas launchers and a nauseating noise machine to control crowds if ...

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U.S. 'Deeply Concerned' By New Israeli Construction Plans

AP | Posted 10.09.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it is "deeply concerned" by Israeli approval of new housing construction in disputed east Jerusalem. ...

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Israeli House Passes Ban On Settlement Boycotts

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 09.10.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament on Monday approved a contentious law against boycotts targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, dismissing...

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Rabbi's Arrest Provokes New Friction Between Religion And Government In Israel

AP | By AMY TEIBEL | Posted 08.29.2011

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JERUSALEM -- The arrest of a prominent Israeli settler rabbi who endorsed a book sanctioning the killing of non-Jews under some conditions is sharpeni...

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Bus Bombing: US Must Impose Peace Now

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama is the one person who can turn this situation around. History will not forgive him if, in the name of political expediency, he looks away.

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Israeli Settlers Rampage In West Bank

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — A new Israeli weapons system knocked down a Palestinian anti-tank rocket in its first combat test Tuesday, the military said, showin...

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Top Neocon Faults Obama for Not Showing "Loyalty" to Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Bibi, right or wrongers" are not Obama supporters and will not be voting for him in the next election. They certainly will not be sending him campaign contributions.

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It Ain't Cricket: World 130, United States 1

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 05.25.2011

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That was the implicit imbalance behind the failed vote in the UN that would have described as "illegal" Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, while reiterating demands that all settlement activity should cease.

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