Settlers

Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

Jewish Settlers Force Way Into East Jerusalem Home, Evict Arab Family (PHOTOS)

AP | MICHAEL BARAJAS | Posted 11.03.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — (AP) Jewish settlers forced their way into a disputed house in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, using hired guards to evict an elderly Pal...

Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World


JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

U.S. Envoy Arrives In Israel To Kick Start Mideast Peace Talks

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell is in Israel to try and kick start Israeli-Palestinian talks before the two sides meet at t...

Settlers' Spin

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

The number of Jewish settlers living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, an area that Palestinians regard as the heart of their future state, is swiftly approaching half a million.

Hitler, Palestinian Mufti Photo Circulated By Lieberman To Justify East Jerusalem Construction

Haaretz | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered diplomats to use an old photograph of a former Palestinian religious leader meeting Adolf Hitler to cou...

Israeli Settlements: France Calls for Halt In E Jerusalem, Joining US, Russia

AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


France has summoned the Israeli ambassador in Paris to demand a halt to Jewish settlement building in east Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchne...

East Jerusalem Settlements: Russia Joins US In Calling For Construction Halt

AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


Russia called on Israel Tuesday to put an immediate halt to a controversial building project in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, saying the plan violated...

US Settlements Stance Inconsistent With Past Agreements: Israeli Official

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israel's deputy prime minister said Tuesday the Obama administration's call to freeze West Bank settlement construction undermines p...

2,500 Israeli Settlement Housing Units Approved By US: Israeli Newspaper

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | World


Despite consistent US efforts to convince Israel to freeze all settlement activities in the West Bank, in accordance with the 2003 Road Map, US offici...

EU Slams Israel On Settlements

Associated Press | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


The Foreign Ministry on Monday said the EU ambassador to Israel was called in for explanations after the European Commission said Israel's settlement ...

Lieberman: As Settler, Will Stay Out Of West Bank Negotiations

Haaretz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that he had deliberately chosen to avoid taking part in the debate over West Bank settlement, as his ow...

Slapping Obama, or Please God, Keep Israel from Making Peace

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

Everyone who lives here is a hostage. We know it, even if we are often surprised anew by the specific people who are currently holding us hostage, staving off progress toward a future peace.

Obama Settlement Stance Draws Fire From All Directions

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


Though President Obama is reported to be taking an unprecedentedly harder line on Israel's settlement activities, expressed through statements by rank...

Loving Israel by Hating Obama

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.11.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

It's become a fashion, here and abroad: Jews who are convinced that they love Israel more than the rest of us have told anyone who would listen that one way to express love of the Jewish state is to revile Barack Obama.

GM as Parable, and Israel's Sudden Choice: Obama or Kahane

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

In the end, the disgrace shown the Arabs does deep disgrace to the perpetrator, but, more importantly, does the deepest disgrace of all to the State of Israel.

Exclusive Video: The Radical Settlers Behind Israel's Clash With Obama

Max Blumenthal | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


Max Blumenthal

With neither side exhibiting willingness to back down, the stage is set for a contentious clash between Israel and the U.S. over settlement policy.

Netanyahu's West Bank Nightmare -- An Exclusive Video Report

Max Blumenthal | Posted 06.21.2009 | World


Max Blumenthal

After spending a week on the West Bank, I concluded that the recognition by the U.S. and the West of a viable Palestinian state in partnership with Israel has never seemed more like a pipe dream.

Israel as Mini-Me

John Feffer | Posted 02.06.2009 | World


John Feffer

We are both settler states -- the Puritans, who escaped oppression in the Old World only to mete out oppression in the New, unfolded their Zionist project in the 17th century with their "city built upon a hill" as the New Jerusalem.

West Bank Stories

Jamal Dajani | Posted 01.05.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

If Israeli settlers can make property claims in East Jerusalem based on title deeds that pre-exist 1948, why can't Palestinians make similar claims in West Jerusalem?

US Children's Hospital and Settlers on A Collision Course

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home


Daoud Kuttab

A philanthropic organization planning to set up a $16.5 million children's hospital in Palestine is on a collision course with radical settlers while American officials call for a independent Palestinian state.