Posts Tagged: settlement construction
Israel to Build 650 Housing Units in Samaria Community
JNS.org - Israel has decided to increase planned construction in the Samaria community of Beit El from a proposed 296 housing units to 650 units, Israel...
Netanyahu Delays Settlement Planning Committee Meeting Ahead of Greenblatt Visit
JNS.org - Ahead of the arrival of Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s international negotiations representative, in the Middle East this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Report: US Would Have Abstained From Vote on UN Measure Against Israeli Settlements
JNS.org - The United States was reportedly prepared to break from longstanding policy this week and abstain from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding...
Report: Israeli Government Quietly Implementing Levy Report Recommendations on Legality of Settlements
The Levy Report on the legality of West Bank settlement construction, though never officially adopted by the Israeli government, is being informally implemented, a newly released...
Report: US Administration ‘Hysterical’ Over Possibility of Jewish Housing Construction Announcement During Biden Visit
Ahead of US Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to the Holy Land next week, the American administration is “hysterical” about the possibility of Israeli authorities...
Opposition MKs, Bereaved Families Protest Palestinian Terrorist Prisoner Release
JNS.org - In advance of the potential fourth stage of Israel's prisoner release, opposition Members of Knesset called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...
21 MKs Urge Netanyahu Against Judea and Samaria Construction Freeze
JNS.org - A group of 21 deputy ministers and Members of Knesset sent a letter on Thursday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
France’s Hollande Calls for Ending Settlement Construction at Meeting With Abbas
At a news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Monday, French President Francois Hollande called on Israel to completely stop settlement construction...
Report: Palestinian Authority Negotiators Quit Peace Talks
The Palestinian Authority team tasked with negotiating peace with Israel has resigned its role, apparently because of newly announced West Bank settlement plans, international media...
Cairo Court Rejects Request to Nullify Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
The Cairo Administrative Court ruled Tuesday that it has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit demanding the cancellation of the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and...
Middle East Peace Fantasies and the Israeli Reality
For the Prime Minister of Israel, it is flattery time in the international media. Having concluded that, for the foreseeable future, the Likudnik ogre from...
Ed Koch’s Ignorance (or Disregard for the Truth)
Ed Koch thinks we should not criticize him for his statement that President Barack Obama "cannot throw Israel under the bus with impunity"...
