Posts Tagged: Jewish settlements
Ben & Jerry’s Israel Reports Rise in Local Sales as CEO Calls for Campaign to Reverse Boycott
Ben & Jerry’s Israel said it has seen its sales grow in a sign of solidarity after the US ice-cream brand decided to nix the...
Don’t Stop the JNF From Doing Its Job
JNS.org - The little blue box is no longer ubiquitous in Jewish households the way it once was. The symbolic pushke into which coins were...
The New York Times’ Anguish Over Annexation
Nothing is likelier to rile New York Times editors -- and, not infrequently, columnists and contributing writers -- than Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria,...
Israel’s Netanyahu Presents New Unity Government to Parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his new unity government to parliament on Sunday, ending more than a year of political deadlock but still facing...
Israeli Court Lines Up Behind Unauthorized Settlement
An Israeli court has given legal recognition to a Jewish settlement built without Israeli government authorization on privately owned Palestinian land in the West Bank,...
Study Finds Major Israeli Supreme Court Procedural Discrimination in Favor of Pro-Palestinian Plaintiffs
JNS.org - An in-depth analysis of more than 100 petitions filed in Israel’s Supreme Court against illegal construction in Judea and Samaria revealed preferential treatment given...
13 Years After Gaza Evacuation, 160 Families Still Without Housing
JNS.org - The Knesset House Committee convened on Tuesday to mark Gush Katif Day, commemorating the evacuation of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip in the...
Palestinian Terrorist Killed After Wounding Israeli Guard at West Bank Settlement
A Palestinian terrorist was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to a settlement in the West Bank, the Israeli...
Netanyahu to Attend Event Marking 50 Years of Settlement Movement
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend a special ceremony Aug. 28 to mark 50 years since the Six-Day War and Jewish settlement in the...
Israel Breaks Ground on First New West Bank Settlement in 25 Years
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that construction of the first new Jewish settlement in the West Bank in 25 years has...
Iran Sanctions 15 US Companies for Alleged Collusion With Israel
JNS.org - Iran has imposed sanctions against 15 U.S. companies for their cooperation with Israel and alleged human rights violations, the Iranian state news agency...
Knesset Delays Vote on Ma’ale Adumim Annexation Amid Trump Adviser Visit
JNS.org - A Knesset committee delayed voting on a controversial bill to annex the Jewish settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), amid...
Understanding the Implications of New Jewish Construction in East Jerusalem
JNS.org - Following the Israeli government’s announcement of plans to approve nearly 800 apartments in Jewish communities located in contested eastern sections of Jerusalem, residents, experts...
US Policy on Judea and Samaria Is Hindering Peace
The United States Consulate in Jerusalem reported that two NBA players, along with trainers and administrators, recently traveled through Jerusalem and the West Bank. The trip was made...
