Posts Tagged: Israel Settlements
Former Corbyn Aide Gets It Right on Antisemitism, But Very Wrong on Settlements
Do non-Israeli Jews around the world have a special obligation to criticize West Bank settlements? Yes, according to Joshua Simons, a former policy adviser to Jeremy Corbyn,...
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...
Guardian Gets It Wrong on ‘Jewish Homes in East Jerusalem’ Claim
The Guardian published an article on Tuesday by Donald Macintyre ("Israeli settlements: EU fails to act on its diplomats’ report") detailing a confidential report by EU Heads of Mission in...
Do Houses Matter More Than Jews?
In the wake of the report of the Middle East Quartet, which called on Israel to cease settlement construction and expansion, the US State Department this...
Democrats Change Platform; Recognize Palestinian Aspirations, Reject Language Accusing Israel of ‘Occupation’
Democrats -- seeking to unify after a bruising primary -- have sidestepped a potentially messy fight over Israel in the party's platform, at least for...
The EU Flouts the Oslo Accords and Lobbies for the Palestinians
From Haaretz: The European Union sent a very harsh message to Israel a few days ago regarding the demolition of Palestinian structures in Area C of the...
The UN Is an Enemy in Sheep’s Clothing
Last Friday, the UN Commission on the Status of Women voted on a resolution blaming “Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women...
Number of Palestinians Working in Settlements Increases 19% in Fourth Quarter
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Palestinians working in Israeli settlements jumped significantly in the fourth quarter of 2015, with 26,300 workers...
Proposed Plan for Palestinian Workers Would Lead to More Terror
Israel's Diplomatic-Security Cabinet has approved the main provisions of a plan to allow 30,000 Palestinian Arabs from Judea and Samaria to work in Israel in...
US Customs Has No Labeling Requirements for Western Sahara
In the wake of last week's politically motivated "reminder notice" that goods from Jewish settlements cannot be labeled "Made in Israel," Elder of Ziyon reader Irene emailed...
Wine Brings Judea and Samaria to Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Wine has long been considered a social lubricant, and it’s Nir Lavie’s hope that wine from his Har Bracha Winery in the Samarian hills...
Israeli Settlers, Meet Brazil’s Settlers
JNS.org - Brazil says it will not confirm the Israeli ambassador-designate to the South American nation, Dani Dayan, because it does not want to “show support...
Palestinian Incitement, Not Despair or Settlements, Is the Cause of Terror,
The BDS movement lies when it says that Palestinian violence is caused by “the despair of occupation and oppression.” If this were true, then why is it...
Liberal Israeli Daily: US Donors Funneled More Than $200 Million for West Bank Settlements Through NGOs
An Israeli newspaper investigation says US donors have pumped more than $200 million into Jewish West Bank settlements in recent years. The investigation, published by the...
