Posts Tagged: Israeli settlements
Netanyahu Summons American Ambassador for Clarification on US Abstention in Security Council Vote on Israeli Settlements
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, was requested Sunday to attend a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the United States’ refusal...
Wall Street Journal: US Abstention From Vote on Anti-Israeli Settlement UN Security Council Resolution Exposed Obama’s ‘Animus’ Towards Jewish State
America’s abstention from Friday’s vote on an anti-Israeli settlement UN Security Council resolution exposed the outgoing Obama administration’s “animus” towards the Jewish state, the Wall...
‘Go Choke on a Latke’; Livid Social Media Users Respond to Kerry’s Hanukkah Greeting Issued Shortly After US Failure to Back Israel at UN
America’s top diplomat drew a flurry of ire and scorn in response to a Hanukkah greeting he tweeted on Saturday, less than 24 hours after...
With Obama Administration Abstaining, UN Security Council Approves Anti-Israeli Settlement Resolution
The UN Security Council voted 14-0 on Friday -- with the US abstaining -- in favor of an anti-settlement resolution that was vehemently opposed by...
With UN Security Council Vote on Anti-Settlement Resolution Looming, Israel’s UN Envoy Calls on America to ‘Stand By Us’
Israel’s UN envoy called on America to “stand by us” after it was announced on Friday morning that a vote on an Egyptian-promoted anti-settlement resolution...
Amona — A Strategic Defeat for Zionism
"To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all...
Israeli High Court Postpones Amona Outpost Eviction by 45 Days
JNS.org -- Israel’s High Court of Justice agreed Thursday to postpone the evacuation of Samaria's Amona outpost one last time, giving residents a grace period of...
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...
Amona Residents Accept Compromise; ‘Rule of Law’ Prevails in Israeli Settlement Dispute
JNS.org -- Residents of the West Bank settlement of Amona agreed to a last-minute government proposal to shift the community to an adjacent plot of...
Netanyahu: Push for UK Apology for Balfour Declaration Reveals Conflict Is Not About Land or Palestinian Statehood
A campaign to get the United Kingdom to apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration is “very revealing about the true source” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...
Netanyahu: Government ‘Working Overtime’ to Find ‘Responsible Solution’ to Illegal Outpost Issue
The government is “working overtime” to come up with a “responsible solution” to the Amona issue that will both protect the settlement enterprise and the...
Israel Condemns French Directive Urging Businesses to Label Settlement Goods
France published an official notification Thursday urging businesses to use labels to identify goods produced in the Israeli settlements, prompting a swift condemnation from Israel. It...
State Department Condemns Proposed Knesset Bill to Legalize Jewish Outposts in West Bank
JNS.org - The US State Department strongly condemned an Israeli Knesset bill that seeks to retroactively legalize Jewish outposts, saying Monday that it "breaks with longstanding...
Trump Adviser: President-Elect Does Not View Settlements as Obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian Peace
JNS.org - One of Donald Trump’s top advisers on Israel told Israel's Army Radio on Thursday that the president-elect does not view settlements as an obstacle to peace...
