Posts Tagged: Israel occupied territories
The Settlements: Self-Entrapment of Existential Proportions
Israel’s continued settlement activity -- whether retroactively approving "unauthorized" outposts or advancing plans for new units -- represents yet another nail in the coffin of the peace process. The...
Israelis Seem Blind to the Seriousness of BDS
Last Sabbath morning, I spoke in the Nitzanim Synagogue in Jerusalem, and delivered the sermon. Five days after my daughter’s wedding, I was in high spirits...
Michael Chabon and Israel’s ‘Occupation’
Author Michael Chabon’s traveler’s tale based on his recent trip to Israel reminds us that being a celebrity does not remotely qualify one as being...
Jewish Novelist Michael Chabon Rails Against Fictional ‘Occupation’
JNS.org - As a novelist, Michael Chabon has a vivid imagination. One of his novels centers around a world in which there is no state of...
The Big Lie: Antisemitism and the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
In January, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the outrageous assertion that the slashing of innocent Israeli civilians by knife-wielding Palestinians is justifiable as a response...
EU Businesses Urge ‘Occupied Territories’ Labels for Israeli Settlement Products
JNS.org - The European Union (EU), responding to demands by businesses in its member nations, plans to step up its labeling measures for Israeli products by...
Israel Should Not Share Intel With France Until Sanctions End
The European Commission -- the EU’s executive arm -- decided on Wednesday that products from Judea and Samaria (the so-called "territories," which were won legally under international law by Israel...
Major Jewish Group Accuses Popular Soccer Website Goal.com of ‘Inciting Jew-Hatred’
Major Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday sharply criticized popular soccer news site Goal.com for "denying the legitimacy of Israel and...
British Conference Tries to Force Israeli Scholars to Hide University Affiliation
JNS.org - Two scholars from Israel's Ariel University decided to withdraw from an academic conference in the United Kingdom after conference organizers told them...
The Truth About the Etzion ‘Settlement’ Bloc
While the Middle East burns and tens of thousands of corpses pile up in Syria and Iraq, Jewish residence anywhere beyond the 1949 armistice lines...
The Hypocrisy of the 8200 Affair
"The dissenters are citizen heroes," exclaimed former Knesset Speaker and former Jewish Agency head Avraham Burg. "One would have expected the military establishment to respond...
Another Illegal Settlement–Where is the Outrage?
Another illegal settlement has arisen in the Judea-Samaria (West Bank) territories, the New York Times reports. Surely there will soon be an expression of "deep...
Australia’s Refusal to Call East Jerusalem ‘Occupied’ is Attacked by the Guardian
Though Guardian contributors often complain that pro-Israel forces instill a 'enforced orthodoxy' over the debate about Israel in the media and in Western capitals, they suddenly...
Does Haaretz’s Public Stance on ‘Occupation’ Reveal Anything New About the Paper?
JNS.org - When a newspaper long perceived to align with a particular political slant is actually transparent about that slant, does it say...
