Posts Tagged: Israel West bank
Annexation Wouldn’t Hurt Israel
JNS.org - “Annexation Would Hurt Israel” declared the headline of a May 8 op-ed in The New York Times by Mideast scholar Daniel Pipes. According...
When It Comes to Sovereignty, Daniel Pipes Is Wrong
JNS.org - In a recent New York Times article, noted Middle East scholar and pro-Israel pundit Dr. Daniel Pipes warns that Israeli application of sovereignty...
From Daniel Pipes: A Response to My Critics
JNS.org - As Aristotle long ago recognized, virtue is the midpoint between extremes. And I found myself smack at that midpoint in recent days. I published...
‘US Prepared to Recognize Application of Israeli Law to Areas of the West Bank’
JNS.org - A US State Department spokesperson said on Monday that the United States remains ready to recognize Israel’s annexation of territory in the West...
The Consequences of Territorial Annexation
The formation of an Israeli coalition government led by Bibi Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, the leaders of Likud and Blue and White, respectively, will finally...
Israel Should Make Decisions for Itself
JNS.org - In principle, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s answer to a question about Israel’s new coalition government seems unexceptionable. The agreement signed by...
The Renewed Importance of Territorial Defense of the Border Communities
The past decade, with the civil war in Syria in particular, saw an easing of Israel’s security situation as the threat posed by the armies...
Why Young Europeans Can’t Understand Israeli Settlers
JNS.org - As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem last month to remember Auschwitz and commemorate 75 years since its liberation, I was sitting in my...
East Jerusalem and the UN/UNHCR ‘Blacklist’
The UN has earned all of the ire it has received from the likes of Secretary State Mike Pompeo, former ambassador Nikki Haley, and others...
US Warns Israel Against ‘Unilateral’ West Bank Moves
A US envoy warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank land without Washington's consent, pushing back against calls for immediate action...
New US Policy on Settlements Won’t Worsen Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - The letter from 107 Democratic members of Congress declaring that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and much of Jerusalem, are illegal is...
Israeli Settlements and Peace
Good news. Bad news. The US has declared that settlements in the West Bank are not illegal according to international law, despite nearly everyone else claiming...
Israel in the West Bank Advances US Interests
The US position on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) should be based on US interests in the context of a violent,...
Trump and the ‘Settlements’: A Preliminary Analysis
The Trump administration’s repudiation of established Obama-era policies that considered Israeli communities across the 1949 Armistice Line (the “Green Line”) “inconsistent with international law” has...
